> I don't think it's because Americans are better at this -- I think it's cultural.

My experience is ANY delegation incurs a big loss in agency. I want to create a startup -> my employees are much less invested than I am. My remote (French) employees are even less invested. My Ukrainian employees are completely passive and I fired them. The more the distance, the less invested, the more passive.

It’s tempting to attribute this to your country’s qualities, but my experience is every country is a mixed bag.