Why Letting Go Made Us Grow
For years, we were across every single thing in our engineering consulting business.
Every client issue. Every proposal. Every decision.
It felt safe - because we knew it would get done right.
But it was also the biggest bottleneck on the business.
We thought being across everything was good leadership.
Setting an example for our team that we could “do it all”.
Turns out we were actually sabotaging our own growth.
And when we hit around $5M, all Directors were completely maxed out.
The team couldn’t grow, because we hadn’t let them.
And we couldn’t grow, because we were still doing their jobs for them.
So we made a decision:
We were going to let go.
Not overnight, but deliberately.
We started with one simple rule:
If you delegate a task, delegate the decision making that comes with it.
We focused on coaching the next level of leaders in the business.
We built trust with them and in them.
We stopped being the bottleneck.
Within months, something in the business shifted.
Our leaders started stepping up.
Projects ran smoother (because we weren’t involved).
And the business started running without us in pretty much every area.
That was the turning point for me. The moment we stopped being operators and started being owners.
So if you’re stuck in that $3M–$5M range, feeling like you can’t step back - this might be the next big shift for you too.
Letting go isn’t losing control.
It’s creating space for your next phase of growth.
To your success,
Josh
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