A management professor explains why you should stop explaining everything

Get the Full StoryWhen direct reports receive abstract instructions, they are empowered through both clarity of purpose and the freedom to direct creative energy toward the best solutions.

Today we obsess over metrics and actionable insights. Our desire to be good leaders compels us to overcommunicate the details. But science suggests that overexplaining by communicating details as leaders may stifle our power and our team s creativity.

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