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How to Get More Done By Doing Less

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Hey there entrepreneurs,

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Welcome to the Better Business Brief, where I share takeaways from:

• running businesses I’m building to sell for millions
• My advisory with other business owners building to sell for millions
• tips and tricks you can use to do the same

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This week, my business partner Grant and I had a conversation about what’s been working as we grow one of the new companies in our portfolio.

The conversation revolved around a leadership shift we’ve seen work really well in past businesses…

So today, in less than 5 minutes, I’ll give you: ​ 🔄 2 Leadership Types and which is best 🧠 Why letting go is hard but worth it 💬 Where I was tested on it this week

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Our leadership conversation revolved around one thing mostly: Focusing more on outcomes than instructions. Here’s why:

TRANSACTIONAL VS. TRANSFORMATIONAL

Most business owners start out being transactional leaders by default.

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It looks like..

• “Here’s what to do.”
• “Here’s how I want it done.”
• “Let me know when it’s done (or if you get stuck).”

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..and a whole lot of over the shoulder backseat driving

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But when you're trying to build something bigger than yourself, you eventually hit a wall.
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You realize: You can’t be the brain for every decision.

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That’s where transformational leadership comes in. It’s more like..

• “Here’s the outcome we need.”
• “I trust you to find the best way to get there.”
• “How can I support you in doing that?”

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It’s not hands-off.
It’s just not hovering. It’s giving people room to think, act, and grow, and to figure things out on their own more or less.

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A MOMENT THAT TAUGHT ME THIS AGAIN RECENTLY

We’ve got a strong leader in one of our companies who’s been under pressure.
She’s looking ahead at our upcoming workload and stressing about whether we’ll have enough people hired and trained in time to manage it all.

She came to me clearly overwhelmed.

And my first instinct was to solve. To tell her..

• Who I thought she should call
• What roles to adjust
• How I’d handle it if I were her

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But instead, I paused and asked:

“What do you suggest we do?”

And just like that, I could feel the context shift a little.

I could tell she was a little less stressed and it led to a more producitve conversation about solutions to the problem.

And reframing of this problem as a good problem to have and one with opportunities hidden in it.

The reason I think it worked well is in that moment, she realized from my question that I expected her to own the problem and to solve it.

It’s easy to be stressed and spin your wheels about something if it affects you and you don’t feel that you have to be the one to solve the problem at the end of the day…

But as soon as you realize the buck stops with you and you need to solve the problem, it shifts you from problem-based worrying to solution-based thinking.

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THE TAKEAWAY

If you want your business to run without you…
Then you can’t be the one with all the answers.

Your team needs to own the solution, and grow into that role.
Your job is to give them clear goals, back them when it counts, and ask:

“How can I support you in what you’re doing?”

It’s a small shift, but it builds way more trust and performance than constant oversight ever will.

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Happy value-building to you!

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See you next time for Better Business Brief,

-Brody