Sobiech: High-performing startup executive teams require a strict division of responsibilities
Greg Sobiech · What Got Me to Today Will Not Get Me to Tomorrow · Feb 21, 2024 · at 28:21
Greg Sobiech, CEO of Delve, discusses the psychological challenge founders face when transitioning from hands-on micromanagement to relying on interdependent executive leadership.
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“It's hard, I think, for entrepreneurs to say, I no longer will be in this seat, because at that point, you actually become dependent or interdependent on someone else to get the job done, and it's scary to let, let that control out of your hands. But the only way to make sure that you know what you need to do and what others need to do so that together you operate as a highly functioning team is to make sure that you stay in your lane, that you're held accountable to what you are overseeing, and that the key members of your team and people that report to them also know where they're going. Like, you need to have that sort of, ah, division of responsibilities Defined.”
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