Delegate outcomes, not tasks

Why this rule exists

Handing someone a checklist of steps gets you a checklist's worth of work and no more; handing them an outcome they own gets you their judgment, initiative, and growth. Task-delegation keeps all the thinking with you, which means you become the bottleneck and your people stay small. It also signals you don't trust them with the reasoning, only the labor. Real delegation means giving away the goal and the authority to reach it, then living with methods that differ from yours. That discomfort is the price of building people.