What's the best way to stop your team from maximizing their potential? By unintentionally impeding progress. It's time to ask yourself - have you turned into a bottleneck?

It's all too easy to become a hindrance for progress, and little things that make it challenging for your team to move quickly add up to one big stop sign. Luckily there are a few ways to identify whether or not you're the problem. Here are three signs that indicate you are a bottleneck – and what you can do to get out of your team's way.

While it can be easy to get your in team's way without realizing it, with the right mindset and tools, you can just as easily remove yourself as a roadblock. Whether you need to approach delegating from a fresh perspective, re-think the way your processes are established, or clarify goals, now is a perfect time to take small steps that add up to significant change.