“you never want to be a dictator type leader where you always want their Buy in so you know I'm never gonna say hey this is the way it should be done what I will say however is I will say um hey so these are the scenarios this is what's happening what do you think we should do uh and then we'll talk about it and ultimately like we'll come up to a decision and then they now they're bought in”

Solicit buy-in from operators, never dictate

Framing decisions as scenarios-and-options rather than directives converts the operator from executor to co-owner of the outcome. Critical for retaining the people who replace the founder in day-to-day operations — they execute harder on decisions they helped make, even if you'd have picked the same answer alone.