[ This is what happens when you have a trading country handling any kind of authoritative politics. He resists the urge to knead his forehead. ]

You should be able to delegate, as head of your department, but there's such a thing as too much delegation. Thranduil defers to you out of politeness, but he doesn't answer to you the way Nuada answers to him.

Have you spoken to Tyke about it?