Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series.

These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest.

Client Lesson Summary 

In this client lesson, Paula talks about delegating leadership and how it is important as your business grows, and requires clear communication and specific expectations. When empowering someone else to lead, it's crucial to ensure they operate in the same way and have the necessary skills. Without proper development and guidance, performance can suffer. 

As your team grows, it's important to think about how the new leaders will manage and set expectations. Assumptions should be avoided, and specific conversations about management style and feedback should take place. Coaching and external support may be necessary to develop new leaders.

Key Takeaways 

• Delegating leadership is essential as your business grows and you can't lead all the people yourself.
• Clear communication and specific expectations are crucial for effective delegation.
• When empowering someone else to lead, ensure they operate in the same way and have the necessary skills.
• Performance can suffer if new leaders are not properly developed and guided.
• Think about how new leaders will manage and set expectations, and have specific conversations about management style and feedback.
• Coaching and external support may be necessary to develop new leaders.

Key ideas 

• All that work that you've done in your own leadership can go away in an instant if you don't hold responsibility for making sure the person you're handing the management to operates in the same way."
• "When you have more than about five to seven people reporting through to you, you will face the challenge of who else can manage people."