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O is for Overfunctioning: Doing Everyone’s Job = Not Doing Yours

August 19, 2025 • Brooke Richie-Babbage

If drafts keep boomeranging back to your desk, you’re not delegating—you’re rescuing.

🧭 Today’s belief shift: Overfunctioning isn’t leadership; it’s a design pattern that trains the system to rely on you.

People can’t own what you keep rewriting. Ownership needs guardrails and a gate—not a takeover.

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🎯 Ready to replace rescue with real ownership? HR in a Box gives SOP templates, standards, and handoff scripts.

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