Many small business owners tell me how they can’t imagine giving up even a little control to an employee.  “They won’t do it as good.”  “My company’s reputation is at stake.”   “Someone else will mess up everything I’ve worked for.”  I get it, believe me, I do.  We as small business owners don’t want to share even the smallest version of decision-making.  We want to micromanage because it is so personal for us.  Fact is if you want to grow your business, you have to let go.

I discovered that I could not do it all.  I could not clean in the morning, clean at night, get new contracts, buy supplies, keep the books, do payroll, pay attention to customer inquiries, plan…So, while it was difficult I knew if I hired a good manager I could focus on building a solid business.

Did they get it right all the time? No.  But I did not get it right all the time either.  It took a minute, but my customers and I learned to trust the process.   And learning to trust my employees, allowed them to grow in their own space, me to avoid burnout, and the company to grow.