Comments on: Delegate Well or Not at All http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/07/delegate-well-o.html Tim Berry on business planning, starting and growing your business, and having a life in the meantime Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:54:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim Berry http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/07/delegate-well-o.html/comment-page-1#comment-474 Tim Berry Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:05:47 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/07/delegate-well-o.html#comment-474 <p>Re energybyte, good point, but I certainly lived with a bootstrapping business throughout the growth period I was describing. It was all bootstrapped. So I was always facing the tradeoffs of the leverage of more people vs. the increased risk and fixed cost. Tim.</p> Re energybyte, good point, but I certainly lived with a bootstrapping business throughout the growth period I was describing. It was all bootstrapped. So I was always facing the tradeoffs of the leverage of more people vs. the increased risk and fixed cost. Tim.

]]> By: Small Business Entrepreneur blog http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/07/delegate-well-o.html/comment-page-1#comment-473 Small Business Entrepreneur blog Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:26:30 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/07/delegate-well-o.html#comment-473 <p>Hi Tim,</p> <p>When you are delegating in a bootstrapped business, things are a little more complicated because you get the feeling you are cutting the profits by hiring. I wrote an article about this, you might find it interesting<br /> <a href="http://www.energybyte.com/blog/hiring-new-employees-versus-profitability" rel="nofollow">http://www.energybyte.com/blog/hiring-new-employees-versus-profitability</a></p> Hi Tim,

When you are delegating in a bootstrapped business, things are a little more complicated because you get the feeling you are cutting the profits by hiring. I wrote an article about this, you might find it interesting
http://www.energybyte.com/blog/hiring-new-employees-versus-profitability

]]> By: Kelly http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/07/delegate-well-o.html/comment-page-1#comment-472 Kelly Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:58:33 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/07/delegate-well-o.html#comment-472 <p>Tim,</p> <p>That is so well said! Yes, it's hard to do, but essential for staff to believe in themselves and your company. When you step back, you allow them to take ownership. When you don't you make them feel like wage slaves, and then you are just a replaceable paycheck, not a company they're an integral part of.</p> <p>It's about trusting the employee, but maybe there's a bit more, too: do you not trust your own hiring abilities, if you can't let the person do the job you selected him or her for? As owners letting go of being chief cook *and* bottle washer, we have to trust ourselves to hire great bottle washers.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Kelly</p> Tim,

That is so well said! Yes, it's hard to do, but essential for staff to believe in themselves and your company. When you step back, you allow them to take ownership. When you don't you make them feel like wage slaves, and then you are just a replaceable paycheck, not a company they're an integral part of.

It's about trusting the employee, but maybe there's a bit more, too: do you not trust your own hiring abilities, if you can't let the person do the job you selected him or her for? As owners letting go of being chief cook *and* bottle washer, we have to trust ourselves to hire great bottle washers.

Regards,

Kelly

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