Delegation Bottleneck
Scaling yourself · Trust
You're a new manager who was promoted six months ago for being the best individual contributor on the team. You're now the bottleneck on every key decision. People wait on you. You work weekends. You know you have to delegate the architecture review — but the last time someone else owned it, a bug shipped to production.
What Stays Human
AI can structure a delegation plan and a RACI chart. It cannot decide how much risk you're willing to absorb to grow someone, or look them in the eye when they make their first call without you in the room.
Your Decision
What will you actually do? Write the opening sentence, the framework you're leaning on, and why.
Reflection
Which decision did you almost not hand over? What were you actually protecting — quality, or your sense of identity?
Decision-support frameworks in play
RACI
Responsible · Accountable · Consulted · Informed
Clarify who decides, who does, who advises. Removes the ambiguity that quietly causes most delegation failures.
GROW
Goal · Reality · Options · Will
A coaching sequence that helps the other person discover their own next step.
Prompt Library
Click any prompt in the chat to send it to the coach.