This is my initiative for now …. I lately realized I cannot grow the business further unless I stop doing my subordinates jobs for them.

Teach them skills and hold them accountable — easy to say, difficult to do.  But that is what they say — if you want to grow, you have to learn to train, trust, and then let go.

Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?

You’re racing down the hall. An employee stops you and says, “We’ve got a problem.” You assume you should get involved but can’t make an on-the-spot decision. You say, “Let me think about it.”

You’ve just allowed a “monkey” to leap from your subordinate’s back to yours.

You’re now working for your subordinate. Take on enough monkeys, and you won’t have time to handle your real job: fulfilling your own boss’s mandates and helping peers generate business results.