Your Business is Waiting on You

There’s a strange point in business where being good at your job can actually start working against you.

You’re the person who can fix it quickly, so you do. You’re the person who can make the decisions, so everyone waits for you to make them.

Before long, you’ve built a business where the biggest obstacle to getting things done is you.

“Just leave it with me.” “I’ll sort it out.” “I can squeeze that in.” They’re harmless little sentences, but repeated often enough and they teach your team something: Wait for me.

You might find yourself blaming the team for not taking enough ownership. But, what if they’re simply responding to the environment you’ve created.

See, that doesn’t mean you should never step in. There’s always going to be moments where your experience matters. But there’s a difference between being the person who could solve something versus being the person who must solve it.

Sometimes the best thing you can do when someone brings you a problem isn’t to answer it, it’s to ask, “What do you think we should do?” It means resisting the urge to fix something that would take you five minutes, because letting someone else work it out might build capability. And sometimes it means admitting that the reason you’re working late isn’t because the business needs you to, it’s because you keep making yourself available for things that shouldn’t need you.

So have a look at what’s waiting on your desk this week. Not just the big things. Look at the small decisions, approvals and problems that keep finding their way back to you. Then ask yourself: Does this actually need me, or have I just trained the business to wait for me?

Because freedom is rarely achieved through one massive, dramatic leap like going offline for two months. It’s built in tiny, deliberate choices made every day.

You don’t need to have it all sorted out, the path to successful delegation requires a long-term mindset shift. Start small, give your team room to grow and let go of control one small piece at a time.

Catch the full conversation on the Families in Business podcast, available now on your favourite podcast app and YouTube.

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Mark Creedon

Mark Creedon is the founder of Business Accelerator mastermind by Metropole and business coach to some of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs – helping them build a true business, not a job.

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Your Business is Waiting on You