Can you count on your team AND can they count on each other?

Discipline and trust should have universal meanings, but we all know they appear differently within people, companies, and teams, depending on how leaders demonstrate them.

Through his years of coaching, I can only imagine how many times Bill Belichick wanted to throw on a helmet and pads to run on the field and "just do it himself." Tom Brady and any other player would have had every right to walk off the field had he done it.

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While it is less visibly ridiculous when CEOs and business leaders barge into the middle of meetings or deals, the damage is the same. Micromanaging, which, at its core, is a lack of trust, is the worst sin a leader can commit.

Not only does it promote resentment, but it also erodes your team's power to be disciplined and to trust one another. Belichick explains that trust isn't saying, "Hey, I got your back." Trust is earned by showing up every day, doing the best for the company, and picking each other up if one should fall. It takes an entire team to win a Super Bowl, just as it does to grow a thriving business.

Be the coach and the visionary. Lead from your Genius Zone. Grow your company by empowering your leadership teams and front-line employees to emulate your discipline to success and your trust in them, not by fear of failure.

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