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 Professionals in positions of authority or expertise often feel compelled to intervene when they observe problems developing. The intervention restraint principle holds that there are circumstances in which the best professional response is to allow situations to develop without intervention, permitting others to develop capability through addressing challenges independently. The professional who exercises intervention restraint develops others in ways that intervention would prevent. Continuous intervention produces dependency. Subordinates and colleagues learn to wait for the expert to resolve difficulties rather than developing their own problem-solving capability. The intervenor becomes a bottleneck, and the development of others is arrested. Short-term problems are solved; long-term capability is diminished. Exercising restraint requires tolerance for watching others struggle productively. For those building professional development strategies that include developing others, ...