You have doubtlessly concluded your next level of
company performance requires a managerial change. And
hopefully, you have realized the changes necessary are with
you. As CEO (or, on a divisional or departmental level -
senior executive) your jobs include holding the vision;
inspiring your senior management and your staff; fostering
key relationships with customers, vendors, investors and
the public, etc. You now need to let go of some cherished
things like product design, hiring, perhaps day-to-day sales -
many things you handled in the past, often out of
necessity - and focus yourself on your role as CEO.
What about all these things you used to do? Delegate them.
Assign the job to someone else. This doesn't sound like a
big deal, why write a whole article on it? Do you delegate?
Of course you do. But do you delegate the important
things? The things you "know" you could do better? The
things you are "best" at? Probably not. The question is,
should you?