moves the needle, and that you love doing. You want to chart a course towards a role where you spend 80% of your time doing Zone of Genius work and the most strategic components of that work. So, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to deliberately begin replacing yourself by delegating work that isn't part of your ultimate role. As the business grows, you want to replace yourself at regular intervals so you can step up to higher-level decision-making work and build autonomy and resiliency in the business. A word of warning: this transition may initially evoke discomfort, such as feelings of regression or feeling like you’re not pulling your weight. Hold steady. You’ll find that there’s a mindset shift to empowering and guiding others to get shit done that unlocks growth (for you and the business).
Your role increasingly becomes to remove barriers to enable others to do their work, and this may include yourself. Being in every meeting makes you a bottleneck (and probably stifles innovation), that's what team members and governance are for. Embrace the coaching role: you are the guide, the editor, and, at times, the accountability police. Next Up: Integrity, imperfection, difficult decisions, and uncomfortable conversations…
Alex Snider is a seasoned Strategic Growth & Leadership Coachsultant with 15 years of experience in corporate strategy, M&A consulting, and startup success. Dedicated to demystifying entrepreneurship, she guides leaders from chaos to clarity, focusing on sustainable growth and team dynamics. Dive deeper into leadership evolution with her here and on her podcast, As Yet Unknown: Adventures in Entrepreneurship.
Delegate to Elevate
The art of delegation is more than simply assigning tasks; it's a mindset shift from doing to coaching that empowers teams to take ownership and initiative. This entails relinquishing the need to go fast in exchange for going far by taking the time to properly hand over the delegated tasks in order to foster long-term growth, ownership, and self-sufficiency. You want to ensure that tasks and success are clearly defined, so develop SOPs where there is a process to be followed.
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