Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Saksham Gaur, founder of Metro Media House, recently discovered that his entire team had a WhatsApp group that did not include him. What first appeared to be a group created against him turned out to be something very different. The discovery came just one day after he had posted a video praising his team and saying that they were better than him at many aspects of the work. When Gaur saw the name of the WhatsApp group, ‘MMH X SAKSHAM’, he began imagining the worst. However, he soon realised that the group was not created to discuss him negatively. Instead, it was being used by his team to manage work without involving him in every small decision. They then decide which matters actually require his involvement. If something does not need Gaur’s attention, the team handles it themselves. All taken care of. Instead, the aim should be to build a team capable of making decisions and solving problems independently.
The team uses the group to discuss what has been completed, what is still pending and what problems need to be solved, according to Gaur. Gaur said this explained why he often received the same response when asking for updates on work: ‘Nothing, Saksham. He said a founder’s role should not be to manage every task forever.
