Reshid Dervishi
When a company outgrows its owner — worksheet Five questions to turn reading into one practical decision.
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1. Recognise dependence on the owner Which decision in your company still waits for the owner, even though someone else could make it?
2. Give people responsibility and authority Who is accountable for a result but lacks the authority to make the necessary decision?
3. Make room for the truth What happened the last time someone on the team raised a problem?
4. Repair the system that needs rescuing Which problem keeps returning and is solved by the same person every time?
5. Accept the owner’s new role What should your work become when the team no longer needs you in every decision?
Choose one next step Decision or change
Who takes responsibility
Review date and sign of progress
