Published in Forbes Coaches Council · 12 October 2022. Impact is built on two leadership muscles: clear delegation and honest accountability. A set of diagnostic questions for leaders: Are roles, expectations, and decision rights actually clear? Is delegation paired with the authority, resources, and trust to deliver? Are accountability conversations regular, specific, and outcome-based — or vague and avoided? Without these, ownership blurs, work slips, and leaders end up doing instead of leading. The shift: from heroic individual contribution to designing a team that executes, learns, and self-corrects.