I never want you to train your employees again.
And while this seems antithetical to the advice I gave you last week to Stop Being the Bottleneck in your business, it’s actually the first step to taking yourself out of that position.
In most organizations – companies, non-profits, even governments – there are people who know how to do all the things. They might be the founder, the CEO, someone who has been around for years or decades. And that person can be the ultimate middleman who insists all decisions go through them first.
Successful organizations disperse information and decision making power to the people doing the work, with clear guidelines and policies to ensure things are done correctly.
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