I have a theory that many managers suffer from some variation of kleptomania.  We can’t walk away.  We can’t sit back.  Instead, our sticky fingers trump self-control and we swipe incessantly each time the opportunity for struggle is encountered by our team.  As a matter of fairness, this started very early for many of us.  We experienced this phenomenon in the living room and the classroom and we have carried it into the boardroom.  We treat adversity as a problem to be solved rather than a class to be taken.  For many of us, our parents stepped in and saved us in the midst of struggle.  Shielding us from the more profound consequences of life is understandable, but too often they stepped quickly in to mediate a friendship...