Here’s a challenge. One month. It will transform how you lead.
For the next 30 days, practice meaningful delegation. Not assigning tasks. Delegating authority.
Here’s how it works:
Week 1: Identify three decisions or projects that currently sit with you. Things that you hold because you like control or because no one else seems capable. Choose three.
Week 2: For each one, identify someone on your team or in your family who could own it. Not execute it. Own it. Make decisions about it.
Week 3: Have a conversation with each person. Explain the outcomes you’re trying to achieve. Give them authority to make decisions about how to get there. Tell them you trust them. Mean it.
Week 4: Get out of the way. Don’t micromanage. Don’t take back control when you’re nervous. Coach them if they ask. But let them own it.
This is how you build leaders. This is how you multiply your impact. This is how you move from being essential to being strategic.
Most leaders avoid this because it feels risky. What if they fail? What if they do it differently than you would?
Both of those things might happen. And that’s where the learning is. For them and for you.
The leaders who do this one challenge report back that it changes everything. They get time back. Their team gets capability. And everyone wins.
I challenge you to take on this challenge and tell us how it goes.