Mike Andes argues that business owners often avoid delegating because they fear employee mistakes; he advises accepting imperfection and delegating tasks once an employee performs at ~90% of the owner’s capability to enable growth.
Employee mistakes. I see so often the times businesses will stay small because they're afraid that their employees will make mistakes. A lot of times solo operators stay solo is because no one else can edge like them. No one else can blow off like them. And guess what? You're 100% correct. As the owner, there's probably no one going to care as much as you because your financial future depends on you surviving and making the business successful and making the business profitable and efficient. The bottom line is no one is perfect. And my rule of thumb as I've been getting to grow my businesses is if my employees can be 90% of what I am at the role, I need to delegate that task.
