Ben Horowitz talks about this in “The Hard Thing about Hard Things”. He uses the metaphor of an Offensive Lineman and the concept of “giving ground begrudgingly”.

His core concept is that one should slowly delegate responsibility. Not delegating anything is like the Offensive Lineman standing still. In that case the defense just runs around around you.

Instead he suggests that you move back slowly, offering resistance the way an O-Line does.

This seems very complimentary to what Paul mentioned.