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Leadership Challenge - "HOW DO I KNOW IF I'M A BOTTLENECK?"
Answer: If you're asking this question, you are.
The other test: can the company run for a week without you? If not, you're the bottleneck. If decisions wait for you. If problems stack until you solve them. If your inbox is flooded with questions. You're the bottleneck. This is your fault. You built a company that requires you instead of one that runs without you.
Question to Consider: Can the company run for a week without you?
Why: Bottlenecks are created by leaders who won't let go.
Here's what's happening: every decision runs through you.
You approve everything.
You're in every meeting.
You answer every question.
The team can't move without you.
You think you're being thorough.
You're not.
You're destroying the company's ability to scale.
The cost? You're drowning.
The team is paralyzed.
Projects stall waiting for you.
Your best people leave because they can't get anything done.
The ones who stay are comfortable waiting.
You've created a company that can't function without you.
That's not a company.
That's a job.
And you're trapped in it.
You did this by staying in everything.
By not training people.
By not delegating real authority.
Every time you insert yourself into a decision, you train the team they need you.
Now they do.
Action: Test it this week.
Leave for a week.
Tell no one where you're going.
Turn off email.
Turn off Slack.
See what happens.
If everything breaks, you're the bottleneck.
Then fix it.
Train people.
Delegate authority.
Build systems.
Make yourself unnecessary.
That's the goal.
Stay Unfiltered,
— Andy
P.S. If you can't leave for a week, you don't have company. You have a job.
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