&gt; The primary thing I struggled with in the past was delegation. Learning to trust (but verify) your team to complete tasks the way they should be done.<p>I would like to add that the above is only possible if you &quot;plan&quot; the work. If you have expectations of how a certain task should be accomplished then you should be able to define the task on a detailed enough level so that you &quot;can&quot; delegate it and that the team member working on it actually has the ability to complete the task according to your expectations.<p>There is nothing worse for a team member to be given some vague idea of what should be done to then afterwards having a big discussion on the expectations, i.e. how to be a mind reader.