Yes, we've all done it.
I've done it. My managers have done it. And most likely, it's the default setting for many battle-worn team leads.
In those crisis moments when expectations are high, everything is going off the rails, and the deadline was yesterday, all new software managers will utter one fateful sentence.
** *"It would be so much faster if I just did this myself."* **
Then they pick up the IDE, close the office door, and retreat into the code.
What they don't realize is that they've just kicked off a chain reaction of negative work practices that will plague their team for months.