Amanda NorthcuttFounder & CEO | Keynote Speaker, LevelUp · B2B sales as a solo is HARD. I’ve got you. I help consultants & coaches sell high-ticket services comfortably & confidently, while enjoying consistent, predictable revenue | Founder & CEO | Speaker |

Hire Before You’re Drowning

20 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this concise dialogue, Speaker A asks how to identify the right moment to make a first hire and how to begin the hiring process. Speaker B responds by emphasizing the importance of hiring proactively—before feeling overwhelmed—by watching for early signs of capacity strain. They advise seeking input from existing team members or trusted peers if you lack internal feedback. Additionally, Speaker B highlights the use of client assessments to pinpoint tasks that can be delegated once a business reaches its capacity limit, underscoring that hiring should address specific workload gaps rather than being a reaction to crisis.

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How in the world do you even start thinking about your first hire? How do you, how do you know when it's time? And then how do you actually start the process?
Yeah. So there's a couple of things to think about with when it's time. A lot of people like to say you need to hire before you actually think you need to, which is totally true. A lot of people wait until they're, they feel like they're drowning. And if you can start looking for the kind of inklings of, I think it might be time for me to hire, pay attention to that. And if you aren't able to do that yourself, then ask either people on your team, if you have team members, Or ask people on your team, or if you don't have people on your team, ask people who are around you who are familiar with this kind of work. Like I do assessments with every client I work with to help understand where they're actually at, because there are things like if you are starting to grow your business and you are at capacity because you don't have time to stay on top of everything, you absolutely need to have someone else in your business doing the things that you don't have to be doing.