If the Shoe Fits: Prequel to How to Delegate
by Miki SaxonA Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here
I constantly field question from founders about delegating, which actually means ‘how do I let go’?
But before tackling that question, there is a more fundamental question that you need to think through first.
There is no right answer to the question, because the answer rests on a psychological difference between entrepreneurs that has nothing to do with investment, revenue or even number of employees.
- It’s the ability to trust others and not believing that you know best.
- It’s the difference between making yourself central to every action and decision within the company or taking time to hire well, delegate and then get out of the way, so people can do their jobs.
- It’s the difference between being self-employed — even if you have 80 employees and $50 M revenue — and creating a self-sustaining entity that will keep going without you.
- Simply put, it’s the difference between holding on and letting go.
The way you choose is by being ruthlessly honest with yourself about how best you function; not how other people think you should function.
And if you don’t like your choice then change it by changing your MAP.
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