When one of your direct reports brings up a problem in a meeting, treat them as though they had just volunteered to solve it.

This proactive, solutions-oriented approach ensures that you will soon stop hearing about what’s actually happening in your company.

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@maxleibman
Assuming every problem has two varying sets of people:
Set A: People adversely affected by a nontrivial or recurring problem, and
Set B: People who have any hope of changing the conditions that create that problem

...In my professional opinion, managers who honestly think these sets are identical, or even have significant overlap, are just so painfully adorable.