You Work So Hard
Because your business doesn't...
Almost every business owner I have ever met works so hard (too hard) for this exact reason. Their business does not work, they do. Everything about the business is in their head, and they are the only one who can do anything of consequence, so they are trapped.
Many are like this because the owners do not trust anyone else to do the job. For some reason they believe that no one can do it as well as they can. This need to be in control prevents them from growing their business.
Some have tried to delegate but it didn't work. Often the reason is poor communication (as the article below explains.)
Take the step, start to document how everything in your business gets done, put systems in place, teach other people and give them the responsibility to get the job done. If you need more convincing, read Michael Gerber's book - The E-Myth Revisited. Then you can call us (416) 483 9251 or (905) 943 4265 or email us at coaches@actionbusinessdevelopment.com for some specific tools and techniques to get your business systemized.
Delegate
Do not abdicate ...
All great leaders are good at delegating so you must start off-loading tasks as soon as possible. Remember, time is your most precious commodity. Since delegation is so important, you must prepare properly for it. You must make sure that the person that will be doing the task knows what to do. The worst thing you can do is to abdicate a task to someone. By this, I mean telling them to do something when they do not have the skills or the training to handle the task. It is essential that you carefully explain what you want done, how you want it done and what you consider a successful outcome to be.
This may come as a shock, or at least seem like overkill, but you must document how you want your processes and tasks to be completed. From my experience, most owners just give their staff a (quite often limited) set of verbal instructions. The owner then assumes that the employee knows what to do and the employee then assumes what he thinks the owner wants done. While well intentioned, this feeble attempt at delegation often does not produce the desired results. You see, it is a simple but important fact about human learning that only about 20% of people are auditory learners - people that receive and easily comprehend verbal information. The rest of us are either visual or kinesthetic learners. That is, we need to see (a picture, diagram or read) what to do, or we need to actually do something before we fully understand.
After you have properly prepared, trained and given your team member the job to do, then let them do it. Do not jump in and save them or they will never learn how to get the job done. If you do, they will "learn" that you are the only one who can fix things. And guess what, they will be right. You have to let them fall off the bike so they can learn how to stay on.
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