Give people a chance
When you stop micromanaging, you give yourself time to focus
on what you do best. But you also give talented employees a better opportunity
to stretch themselves and develop their own skills.
“It’s like using a Mercedes to deliver pizzas,” says David
Schottenstein, founder and CEO at Astor & Black Custom Clothiers Ltd.
“Sometimes you have a Mercedes in your office and all you have them doing is
the equivalent of delivering pizzas. You don’t realize that this guy could do
way more if someone just asked him to step up to the plate and do it.”
It’s all about what you want your business to be, Schottenstein
says.
“It boils down to wanting to do too much as an individual. At
a certain point, if you want your business to be successful and to grow and
become bigger than a one-man show, you have to bring on good people that you
trust and know can do the job right. You have to delegate.”
And true delegation means you don’t give someone a task and
then stand over his or her shoulder and make the person check in with you every
step of the way.
“You have to say, ‘Listen, I trust you,’” Schottenstein says.
“I’m going to step back and let you do your thing.”
How to reach: Astor & Black Custom Clothiers Ltd., (877) 278-6718 or
www.astorandblack.com.
