Your people will tend not to want to take risks. They have to be encouraged. It drives me nuts when I want to try something different and a line editor says, There s a rule against that. It s your paper, too Top editors want their line editors to take ownership in the whole paper, to recognize that they are part of the team that is running the place. The paper belongs to the readers and to all the people who put it out.
Ownership means taking responsibility.
Understand what the goals of the paper are. These goals are defined by the people at the top. Everybody needs to buy into those goals. You need to be clear about what the goals are. You are now responsible for the success of the enterprise.