Delegate So Things Don’t Escalate

A checklist for transferring ownership, not just tasks

One of the quiet signals that a small company is approaching an organizational bottleneck is that work begins to escalate back to the founder.

• A team member completes part of a task but needs confirmation to move forward.

• A decision sits waiting because no one is sure who has the authority to make it.

• A process pauses because the criteria for “done” are un…