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5 Reasons Why Delegation is a Must for Entrepreneurs To successfully scale a company, entrepreneurs must let go of the responsibilities and tasks they do themselves.

By Roland Polzin Edited by Micah Zimmerman

Key Takeaways

  • Entrepreneurs must be great at delegating tasks to achieve their business goals and scale their companies. By delegating tasks effectively, entrepreneurs can free up their time and energy to focus on the most critical aspects of their business, build a more effective and efficient team, build trust and confidence among their team members, make better decisions, and scale their business without being the bottleneck to growth.

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Being an entrepreneur is challenging and requires a wide range of skills and abilities to be successful. One of the most crucial skills entrepreneurs must possess is effectively delegating tasks. This means identifying the right tasks to delegate, selecting the right people to delegate them to and providing clear instructions and expectations.

This article will explore why entrepreneurs need to be great at delegating tasks and how it can help them achieve their business goals while scaling their companies.

Related: 7 Rules for Entrepreneurs to Delegate Effectively

1. Focus on your core capabilities

One of the main reasons why entrepreneurs need to be great at delegating tasks is that it allows them to focus on the most critical aspects of their business. As an entrepreneur, you are responsible for various charges, from managing employees and finances to developing new products, features and services. It is impossible to do everything yourself and still be effective.

If you do that, you will soon hit a ceiling of productivity and be unable to scale. By delegating tasks to others, you can free up your time and energy to focus on your business's essential and strategic aspects, such as developing new ideas, expanding into new markets, and building relationships with key customers and investors.

2. Allocate work efficiently for better outcomes

Another important reason entrepreneurs need to be great at delegating tasks is that it allows them to build a more effective and efficient team. If you concentrate all the necessary work on yourself, you preclude yourself from doing more of what you are best at and spending time on things others could do faster and better.

By delegating tasks to the right people, you can ensure that the right skills and expertise are applied to the right tasks. This can help improve the team's overall performance and productivity and increase job satisfaction and employee engagement. Additionally, delegating tasks can help develop team members' skills and abilities, providing them with new opportunities for learning and growth.

Related: Why you can't delegate — and how to fix it - BBC Worklife

3. Delegation is the essence of successful teamwork

Great delegating also builds trust and confidence among your team members. When entrepreneurs delegate tasks, they demonstrate their faith in the abilities and capabilities of their team members. This can help build more robust and more effective relationships between your team members and between you and the team.

Additionally, by delegating tasks effectively, entrepreneurs can help create a culture of accountability and responsibility within their organization, leading to better performance and higher levels of employee engagement. A great example of this principle can be observed in professional sports: A coach never steps onto the field to play but leads the game from the outside, trusting the team while the team trusts the coach.

4. Effective delegation can lead to better decision-making

Entrepreneurs often face many decisions which require a great deal of expertise and knowledge. By delegating tasks to others, you can tap into the expertise and knowledge of your team members, who can help you make more informed and balanced decisions. By delegating tasks, you can benefit from your team members' diverse perspectives and ideas, leading to more innovative and creative solutions. In addition, by being less inundated with work, you will have more bandwidth to think deeply about problems and challenges. Having extra time to think is essential to making solid decisions.

Related: Should You Delegate That? A Comprehensive Guide

5. Make yourself obsolete

Finally, effective delegation is essential to scale your business exponentially. As your business grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage all aspects yourself. By delegating tasks to others, you can ensure that the company continues to run smoothly and efficiently, even if you are unavailable or unable to perform at total capacity. Also, delegating tasks can create new opportunities for growth and expansion as team members take on new responsibilities and develop new skills and capabilities. While it might sound counterintuitive, the best leaders don't work much. You would have all the people needed to run your business in an ideal world without you.

In conclusion, entrepreneurs must be great at delegating tasks to achieve their business goals and scale their companies. By delegating tasks effectively, entrepreneurs can free up their time and energy to focus on the most critical aspects of their business, build a more effective and efficient team, build trust and confidence among their team members, make better decisions, and scale their business without being the bottleneck to growth. Effective delegation is a crucial skill that entrepreneurs must develop to succeed in today's competitive business environment: Mastering task delegation will enable you to step back from day-to-day operations and focus on strategic thinking.

Roland Polzin

Co-Founder & CMO

As a former German Army officer, I made the unusual decision to become a tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and found Wing. My background provides me with a unique perspective on leadership, decision-making, and change management, and I hope to help others drive change and progress for the better.

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