Subtlety starts with humility. Exhibiting your power and knowledge as a manager isn’t always the best method of communicating. Sometimes your approach needs to start small, humble, and in a place in which you admit that you don’t have all the answers. I know it feels great to make that snap decision and show the team you’re the guy in charge, but was it the right decision or was it ego? Subtlety finishes with elegance. It’s not just successfully solving whatever hard problem you’re staring at, it’s that you solve it in an ingenious, novel way that builds and refines your management aptitude.
