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Nov 2023
33m 16s

The Power of Delegation

Diane Helbig
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Welcome to another episode of "Accelerate Your Business Growth"! In today's episode, we have a fascinating guest joining us, Dot Rock. Dot shares her insights on the concept of delegation and how it can profoundly impact business growth. She challenges the conventional wisdom of hiring only intense individuals, suggesting that sometimes a laid-back personality or zen attitude can elevate an organization to new heights. Join us as we explore the importance of fit when hiring, the art of delegating tasks, and the mindset needed to effectively build a team. Dot also shares valuable strategies for handling employee turnover and creating written agreements for a smooth exit process. We also discuss the financial and energy benefits of hiring support, even if recurring revenue is not yet at its peak.

Dot is CEO and Founder of Dot Rock Consulting - a holistic HR consulting company that focuses on helping entrepreneurs lean into the art of receiving support and putting on their oxygen masks first. With one life to live, it is too short to not learn to allow ourselves to receive and delegate. Dot has become known as “The Hiring Whisperer” by her friends and colleagues because she can make this often frustrating process feel abundant!  

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Employee Prenups: "What would it look like if this employee were to leave me? What would it look like if we had a lot of drama around this person leaving, and we couldn't figure out what all tasks that they did and their passwords, etcetera. So it's really about planning for the worst and being prepared for that."

— Dot Rock 00:01:30

Zones of Genius and Excellence: "We have zones of genius, which is those tasks that we just excel at, that we could just do for 12 hours straight and no we don't even notice time. And then we have zones of excellence, and that's the things that we do well, we're good at. But it takes us a little bit longer to do it, but we can make a lot of money doing it."

— Dot Rock 00:14:20

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