“I didn’t realize how vague I had been until this workshop. I thought I was being clear. I wasn’t.” That was Mary Pierce, a business owner who went through the Delegate Like a Pro workshop. She'd been handing work off for years. Her team was good. Her instructions felt clear. But the work kept coming back wrong, and she kept quietly fixing it herself. [...]
If you have a team member who's doing okay — not great, not terrible — the problem might not be the person. It might be the work. There's someone on your team who's… fine. Not a disaster. Not someone you'd rush to fire. But not great either. They're getting things done — mostly — but work still feels slower than it should when it's [...]
You started the day with a plan. By 10:00am it was gone. If that pattern is familiar, you have probably also tried some version of this advice: Focus on what is important, not just what is urgent. Covey built a whole framework around it. Four quadrants. Most experienced owners have seen it. Many have tried to use it. And the day still gets hijacked. [...]
You pride yourself on being accessible.You don’t want guessing.You don’t want mistakes.So you keep an open door. It feels supportive. But if your team keeps asking you questions all day, that open door may be the reason you’re still working nights and weekends. Not because your team is incapable.Because you are still the decision funnel. You’re Not Losing Minutes. You’re Losing Focus. You block [...]
You have a team. You’re paying good people. And yet… everything still feels harder than it should. Projects drag on, and questions keep landing on your desk.You’re stepping in to fix things, clarify things, or “just handle it” so work can move forward. For many business owners, this is a sign that their Zone of Genius - and their team’s - isn’t clearly defined [...]
One of my clients texted me early Monday morning. “National Clean Off Your Desk Day,” she wrote. “DONE.” Her desk really was spotless. No stacks. No stray papers. Only one stapler instead of four. Paperclips organized by type. She told me it felt good. Like she was starting the year the right way. By lunchtime, though, something shifted. Not the desk. The feeling in [...]
Why Tomorrow Goes Sideways Before It Even Begins Most business owners assume tomorrow goes sideways because the plan wasn’t good enough. But here’s the truth I see every single day with clients: Tomorrow goes sideways because your brain is still carrying yesterday. All the loose ends. All the half-decisions. All the “don’t forget this” mental Post-Its you meant to deal with but didn’t have [...]
You keep promising yourself you’ll slow down next week. But somehow, “next week” always looks a lot like this one - full, frantic, and leaving you feeling behind at both work and home. Before you tell yourself it’s just a busy season, read these 10 Signs You Need to Break Up with Busy from Breaking Up with Busy: Real-Life Solutions for Overscheduled Women by [...]
You’ve explained what you want. You’ve hired good people. But somehow… it still comes back to you. That’s exactly what happened with a marketing agency owner I worked with. Her team was talented, but her nights were still filled with redoing copy, chasing deadlines, and answering “quick questions.” She thought the problem was her team. After we walked through the Delegating Audit, it was [...]
Running a business shouldn’t feel like spinning in circles. Yet for so many service-based business owners, growth comes with chaos: nights redoing team work, weekends catching up, and that constant sense that you’re the glue holding everything together. Sound familiar? One of my clients, Zelda, captured it perfectly when she told me: “Sometimes we’re just chasing our tail. Not just me - the whole [...]
