Stop leading by dashboard. Productivity isn’t tickets closed, it’s trust built. Teams don’t follow metrics; they follow leaders who have their back. Build trust, and the output will follow.
Your quiet engineer just shipped a system-saving patch while the loud guy monologued through standup. Volume isn’t value. Learn to recognize and reward the real MVPs, especially the ones not shouting for attention.
If you're calling a meeting every time you need to make a decision, you're not leading, you're crowd-sourcing accountability. Leadership takes guts, not group votes. Stop hosting game night and start making the call.
