72 - The Most Underrated Skill for Scaling a Business? Delegation
Delegation is the most underrated growth skill. This episode reveals how to audit your time, build systems, and hire for outcomes so you can scale your business without staying stuck in the weeds.
The Most Underrated Skill for Scaling a Business? Delegation
Most business owners hit a plateau not because of poor strategy, but because they refuse to let go. Delegation isn’t just a management tactic. It’s a leadership superpower.
This episode provides a practical blueprint for founders who are ready to stop bottlenecking their business and start building a machine that scales without them.
1. Audit Where Your Time Really Goes.
Start with a CEO time audit. Track every task, every hour. You’ll likely find that 30–50% of your week is lost to low-leverage work. Until you see the problem, you can’t solve it.
2. Eliminate, Automate, Delegate.
Not every task should stay on your plate. Create a clear list of what needs to go and why. Target repetitive, low-value, and draining work. This is where scale begins.
3. Hire for Results, Not Roles.
Most founders hire bodies instead of outcomes. Redefine your job description first, then write the role for your next hire. Clarify responsibilities, expected results, and success metrics. This shifts the team from a dependent to an autonomous state.
4. Start Delegating Now.
Perfection is the enemy of freedom. Waiting until your system is perfect keeps you stuck. Delegate something this week. Build momentum through action.
Conclusion:
True freedom isn’t built by doing everything better. It’s built by doing less of what doesn’t matter.
This episode provides you with the mindset and method to implement delegation as a growth lever.
Because the most scalable founder isn’t necessarily the best executor, they’re often the best system builder.
Highlights:
00:00 The Power of Delegation
00:32 Step 1: CEO Time Audit
00:40 Step 2: Document What Needs to Go
00:53 Step 3: Update Your Job Description
01:04 Step 4: Start Delegating Immediately
01:15 Building Systems for Success
01:20 Your Delegation Challenge
Links:
Website: https://www.marcogrueter.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcogrueter/
Transcript:
The most undervalued skill for business owners and entrepreneurs, it's delegation. Here's what I have learned after building three businesses and supporting hundreds more as a consultant and investor entrepreneurs who can't let go, stay stuck in the same revenue loop year after year, but entrepreneurs who build processes, playbooks and people, they scale, they sleep and they attract investments. Or even sell their company if they wish. Start with these four steps.
First, do a CEO time audit. Track how you spend your week and you will be shocked. How many low value tasks are stealing your energy? Second document, what needs to go. Create a list of everything you should eliminate, automate or delegate. Focus on tasks that are repetitive, low value, or draining your focus.
Third, update your job description. Don't just hire bodies. Higher outcomes. Define clear responsibilities, results, and how success is measured. And fourth, start delegating immediately, even if it's not perfect. Freedom doesn't come from planning, it comes from doing.
You are not the best person for every task. You're the best person to build a system that gets it done without you. What's one thing you need to delegate this week?