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Get ready for a deep dive into the art of delegation. Are you tired of seeing your instructions misinterpreted and tasks poorly executed by your team? Have you ever wondered what's missing in your approach? Well, the secret lies in not just telling your team what to do, but explaining why they need to do it. Join me on this episode as I explore the concept of the why filter, a mental process that everyone applies when given a task. You'll discover how to effectively communicate your own why and how this simple shift can dramatically enhance your team's performance. Remember good leaders don't just delegate tasks they share their vision. Are you that driven entrepreneur who believes that working harder holds the key to your dreams? Are you drowning in the day to day task wishing you had more time to strategize and cast the vision for your business growth? Hi. I'm Donna Dube, your guide on this entrepreneurial journey. I've walked in your worn out shoes, burning the midnight oil, convinced that sheer hard work was the secret to success.
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Let's turn your current challenges and emotional struggles into a growth map for success. Your journey to a thriving business starts with their first step and I'm here for you all the way. Book your clarity call at ceoamplify.ca/ops. Well, hello and welcome back business owners. I'm so glad you're here today. I'm going to be diving into a topic that's crucial for every entrepreneur out there, and that is how to delegate better. So you're an established business owner. You might be running a successful coaching business or you've got valuable courses or perhaps you're a service provider. You've got a small but talented team backing you up.
But are you leveraging their potential to their fullest? And are you delegating effectively? You see, delegation isn't just about offloading tasks from your plate to someone else's. It's really about enabling your team to execute these tasks as efficiently as you would or better than you would. And this is where what I call the Why filter comes in. It's very easy for us as business leaders to tend to focus on the what of achieving results. The tasks, the tells, the list. But it's really the why that truly matters - the reasoning behind those tasks, and the motivation driving them. And this becomes so so important when we're delegating tasks to our team. So let's look at a scenario here. You run an online course business, and you want your content manager to come up with a new course outline.
You tell them what, which is create a new course outline on mastering time management. But did you explain why? Why this topic? Why now? What's the ultimate goal? Or let's say you're a life coach, and you ask your social media manager to start posting more motivational quotes on Instagram. Again, you stated what needs to be done, but did you share your why? Is it because your audience needs an extra dose of motivation, or is it part of some larger, bigger strategy that you're not revealing to them? Or maybe you're a service provider and you're asking your client relations manager to reach out to past clients for some feedback. You've explained what they need to do but you haven't clarified why. Is it to improve the services based on past experiences or to cultivate long term relationships? What's the reason? You see, in all of these instances that I just gave you, your team members are likely to apply their own why filter. Without you giving it your own explanation as to the why, they're going to attach their own reasoning to the tasks. Remember, when we tell people what to do, they are gonna process it through their own perspective, not ours. So unless we explain our why, they're going to use their own and guess which one will guide their actions. Theirs. You see magic happens when you start sharing your why along with your what. Your why provides context to the what. It helps make more sense of the task that you've asked them to do and aligns everyone's focus towards a common goal. Along with that, when you teach them your why, it opens up a channel for dialogue, for conversation. You can ask them how they perceive the task, and how they would go about achieving it based on the why you shared. So this way you're not only And so this way you're not only ensuring that they understand the task, but you're fostering a sense of ownership of buy in and accountability in them.
And I know for some of you listening this might sound like a lot of work initially because right now you're focused on the what. But let me assure you the results are worth every bit of your effort. I have seen leaders who can communicate clearly and explain their rationale, cultivate teams that connect to more meaningful, larger, and bigger goals. They nurture a culture where performance is a co-creation process. So I want you to think about this the next time you're gonna delegate a task to a team member. Don't just tell them what to do, but share your why behind it. Involve your team and the reasoning behind the tasks and see how this simple change can lead to sustainable results and performance. So I challenge you: go ahead through this week and the next time you go to delegate think of the 2 w's your what and your why. Try it out a few times and let me know your results. Alright, that's it for today. I hope this episode has given you some food for thought on how to delegate better using the why filter. Thank you for joining me on this episode of CEO Amplify. I appreciate you being part of our thriving community of ambitious business owners. If you enjoy today's episode, I kindly ask you to share this podcast with a friend and take a hot minute to rate and leave a review. It would mean the world to me. Your feedback helps me reach more people and continue providing valuable content. Thanks so much for your support. Keep shining, and we'll catch you on the next episode.