Episode 128
How GP Owners Stop Being the Bottleneck
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If every decision, problem and loose end in your Practice still finds its way back to you, you don’t really have a delegation problem.
You have an Owner bottleneck.
And it’s easy to see how it happens. You started the Practice. Your name was originally in every box. You know how to fix almost anything, and doing it yourself often feels faster than coaching someone else through it.
The problem is that the habits that make you valuable in the consult room can work against you as an Owner. Being endlessly available, stepping in to solve the problem, and feeling responsible for getting everything right keeps the Practice dependent on you.
Todd and Sachin show what has to change if you want the Practice to run without everything flowing through you: protecting leadership time, building a simple meeting rhythm, coaching instead of directing, and delegating outcomes without grabbing the work back halfway through.
What you’ll get from this episode:
- Why being the helpful, capable Owner can turn you into the biggest bottleneck
- Why coaching your team feels slower at first but pays off faster than constantly stepping in
- Why protecting half a day or a full day each week for leadership can improve the Practice and rarely costs you billings
- The three meetings that create a simple Practice heartbeat: alignment, leadership and finance
- How the 1-3-1, 10-80-10 and 20-80 tools help your team take real ownership instead of handing work back to you
Resources Mentioned:
Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell
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Connect with Todd: LinkedIn
Connect with Sachin: LinkedIn
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