What’s one of the biggest leadership traps you face? Believing that doing more yourself is the fastest way to get results.
Yes, sometimes it may be faster in the short term. Yet you’ll never scale to greatness that way.
In this episode of The Essentials of Leadership series on Leaders for Life Radio, I have a conversation with Trish Pegorer, Managing Director of Mutti Australia, to explore one of the most critical – and often misunderstood – leadership skills: Delegation.
Trish describes herself as a “Champion of People and Projects of Purpose”. And that philosophy comes to life in how she leads, builds teams, and creates space for others to contribute.
Together, we unpack the real role delegation plays in organisational life – not just as a productivity tool, but as a way to build trust, capability, and long-term performance.
This is an authentic conversation about what it really takes to move from doing the work to leading and getting the work done through others.
Trish shares insights on:
- Why control and insecurity can get in the way of delegation
- The difference between delegation and abdication
- How trust and alignment underpin effective delegation
- Letting go of control while maintaining accountability
- Creating the conditions for capability, contribution and growth across your team
- Creating space to grow yourself, your team and your business
Trish shows that if you want your team to step up, you need to step back in the right way, creating the trust, clarity and space for others to contribute, grow and perform at their best.
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Until Next time…
Find the passion.
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Paul Mitchell
“APAC’s most respected transformational leadership performance coach”
Paul Mitchell (@Paul_S_Mitchell) is a speaker, author, transformational leadership coach and founder of the human enterprise. Through leadership coaching, leadership development programmes, keynotes and facilitation, Paul works with organisations to build cultures where everybody leads.
