All team members are referring decisions to the project manager, causing delays because the manager is frequently in meetings. How should the project manager prevent these delays?

Delegating decision-making authority for appropriate tasks to the team empowers them, reduces bottlenecks, and fosters a more efficient workflow, directly addressing the delays caused by the project manager's unavailability. Meeting in two weeks only postpones the problem without resolving the underlying issue of centralized decision-making. A Pareto analysis identifies causes but doesn't offer an immediate solution to the current delays. Consolidating decision-making further exacerbates the problem by increasing the project manager's burden and slowing down progress even more.