Have you hired talented people only to discover you're still doing their jobs alongside your own? What if the real obstacle to growing your business isn't your team, but your ability to let go of the decisions?
Laura Gisborne reveals why effective delegation requires more than simply handing off tasks. Drawing on 35 years of entrepreneurship, nine companies owned, and six successful exits, Laura explores the leadership shifts that allow talented people to take ownership, build confidence, and grow alongside your business. She shares why even great hires can struggle when expectations, standards, and decision-making authority aren't clearly communicated. More importantly, she challenges entrepreneurs to recognize when stepping in to rescue their teams may actually be holding everyone back.
Building a thriving business isn't about doing everything yourself or finding people who can read your mind. It's about creating the clarity, trust, and freedom that empower others to succeed while honoring the vision and values you've worked so hard to build. When you move from controlling every decision to developing capable leaders, you create space for greater impact, sustainable growth, and a business that can flourish beyond you.
What You’ll Hear:
- The hidden challenges beneath stalled business growth reveal why adding more marketing strategies may not create the progress entrepreneurs are seeking.
- A deeper look at business foundations challenges the tendency to fix what's visible without addressing what's supporting the entire business.
- The relationship between proven business principles and modern innovation raises important questions about what truly creates sustainable growth.
- As artificial intelligence continues to transform business, the importance of human vision, purposeful leadership, and meaningful contribution becomes even more significant.
- Strengthening the core of a business opens a new perspective on creating lasting profitability, aligned expansion, and the freedom to serve at a greater level.
Resources
To learn more about strengthening your business foundation or connect with Laura personally, visit https://stophustling.com
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Strategize Your Next Best Step: Schedule a Clarity Conversation with Laura http://schedulemycall.today
Meet the Host:
Laura Gisborne, founder of Limitless Women, empowers female entrepreneurs to create businesses that are both profitable and purposeful. With 30+ years of experience, from building multi-million dollar enterprises to guiding small businesses, Laura understands the challenges of scaling beyond solopreneurship. She's a sought-after speaker, business growth strategist, and author of "Stop the Spinning – Move from Surviving to Thriving" and "Limitless Women." Laura's focus is on mindset, authentic leadership, and integrating social impact into business models. The Limitless Women community has raised over $750,000 for charities, reflecting Laura's commitment to "profits with purpose."
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Welcome to the Limitless Women podcast. Our mission is to
Intro:help women business owners like you grow profitable businesses
Intro:and actualize your opportunities to serve and give to yourself
Intro:and others. Here's your host, the founder of Limitless Women,
Intro:Laura Gisborne.
Laura Gisborne:Have you hired help and you still feel like
Laura Gisborne:you're doing their job and yours, or worse, have you hired
Laura Gisborne:someone, thought that they were going to be great at what they
Laura Gisborne:were hired for, and then the next thing you knew, it didn't
Laura Gisborne:work out. So hired again, another great person. You found
Laura Gisborne:the talent, and it didn't work out. These may be symptoms that
Laura Gisborne:something else is going on. There's more to delegation than
Laura Gisborne:delegating, right? There's something else that's happening
Laura Gisborne:underneath, and that is that you haven't given up the decision,
Laura Gisborne:and you haven't slowed down to let people know what they need
Laura Gisborne:to do and how. Okay, all too often we're hiring people. We're
Laura Gisborne:really excited about crafting the role, the responsibilities,
Laura Gisborne:the requirements. This is what I need, but what we don't do is we
Laura Gisborne:don't slow down and really look at what are the conditions for
Laura Gisborne:satisfaction? What is it that's going to have this person do a
Laura Gisborne:great job, feel good about what they're doing, and get great
Laura Gisborne:results for my company? And what are the standards? This is where
Laura Gisborne:I get in trouble often. What are the standards that are going to
Laura Gisborne:really have the delivery of this service be in alignment with the
Laura Gisborne:brand that I've built, right? You, like me, probably built a
Laura Gisborne:company that you really care about. You want it to be done a
Laura Gisborne:certain way, but if you don't communicate with your team
Laura Gisborne:members, how are they going to know that, right? We have to
Laura Gisborne:build a team in order to grow our business. We become a party
Laura Gisborne:of one, and we become our own worst enemy if we jump in to
Laura Gisborne:rescue them, if you're a mama or you've seen little kids, you
Laura Gisborne:know what I'm talking about. If you have a baby and you carry it
Laura Gisborne:around with you for the rest of your life, realistically, that
Laura Gisborne:would not become doable, right? But if you carry your baby when
Laura Gisborne:they're one, it seems like it makes sense. When they're two,
Laura Gisborne:they're getting kind of big. 345, it's not working, right?
Laura Gisborne:You have to let your employees walk, whether they're
Laura Gisborne:independent contractors or they're w2 employees. Either
Laura Gisborne:way, they have to build the muscles that they need in order
Laura Gisborne:for them to support you in growing the company. So, if
Laura Gisborne:you're finding that you're having any of these symptoms, I
Laura Gisborne:encourage you to reach out to me, and I'm so happy to jump on
Laura Gisborne:a quick call with you and share with you some resources. After
Laura Gisborne:35 years of entrepreneurship, I've owned nine companies. I've
Laura Gisborne:sold six of them. That doesn't make me some genie in a bottle.
Laura Gisborne:What I'm going to tell you is that I was only able to sell my
Laura Gisborne:companies by building rock star teams. I've got a whole bunch of
Laura Gisborne:training on how to hire, when to hire, how to train people, and
Laura Gisborne:how to know if it's not going to work out. How to let them go
Laura Gisborne:gracefully so that you can keep growing and they can grow in a
Laura Gisborne:way that's good for them. My name is Laura Gisborne. Reach
Laura Gisborne:out to me. It's schedulemycall dot today. We'll put the link in
Laura Gisborne:here for you. Let me know where you're at and how you'd like to
Laura Gisborne:connect. And let's get on a call. Let's figure out where you
Laura Gisborne:might be in your own way. Let me teach you the difference between
Laura Gisborne:delegating and giving up the decision-making process so that
Laura Gisborne:your team members can grow and they can help you grow your
Laura Gisborne:business.