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Name: The Replaceable Founder
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Author: Ari Meisel

Ari Meisel

Learn how to let go of the reins and allow your business to soar without you

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The Replaceable Founder by Ari Meisel explains how entrepreneurs can build a business that operates without them. It emphasizes the importance of delegation, automation, and a growth mindset for creating scalable and successful companies.

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What’s in it for me? Learn how to let go of the reins and allow your business to soar without you.

There’s a new threat lurking in today’s offices. You’ve seen him already, or you are one yourself: the founder who can’t let go. Like an overprotective father, you saw something come to life and now you want to witness every minor step your creation takes. You think you’re being helpful, but the hard-to-swallow truth is: you’re standing in the way.

So, how can you avoid this fate? If you’re a founder, the answer’s quite easy: make yourself replaceable!

Don’t worry, it doesn’t mean you have to quit. It means that you set up a smoothly running company that can operate without your help, allowing you to focus on what you should be doing: driving your company’s vision and shaping its future.

In these blinks, you’ll find out

how a good app can act like an external brain;
which three rules to apply to every incoming email; and
why skills and education aren’t always the most important factors in a new hire.

Make yourself replaceable by building the right company structures.

A lot of founders see themselves as a sort of puppet master. They want to be in total control, having their strings attached to every minor motion on stage. What most of them don’t realize is that they often do more harm than good to their company.

If you are a founder, you should rather think of yourself as an initiator. You can think of your business as a set of dominos, and you are the first piece to set everything in motion. The important part here is that everything should be set up just fine, with all the pieces in place. Once the first domino falls, everything will take care of itself.

The key message here is: Make yourself replaceable by building the right company structures.

As a founder, it’s easy to get caught up in all of the details of your business. But it is not your job to figure out a Customer Relations Management system or come up with a Social Media strategy. Your job is to find the right people to do this for you. You need to set up an organizational structure and then enable your employees to do their best possible jobs without further input.

Again: The best job you can do is make yourself replaceable. At least in the daily operational business.

Take the example of one CEO, Malte Holm, who found himself overwhelmed by small fires he had to put out. Employees were running to him every day with every little problem, and as a consequence, he found himself severely overworked. He had to think big picture and reset some of his company’s domino pieces.

One of the problems was in HR. As Holm looked into it and talked to the HR manager, he discovered the cause: the manager was spending four hours stuck in traffic every day! So Holm did what he had to do to make her job easier. He helped her set up an effective home office, complete with high-speed internet connection. Finally, she could spend more time doing her job.

Not only did Holm make her life easier, but it also led him to feel better. There was one fewer fire to put out, and he could get back to the work that matters.

Identify tasks and clarify responsibilities.

You start a new project at work. At first everything is going well and everyone is excited. But then something happens and, for whatever reason, the project stalls. Suddenly, everyone is scratching their heads, wondering what happened and what to do next.

When this happens, it's usually a sign that it's not clear enough what needs to be done and who should be doing what.

Delegate better by using a system called the six levels of delegation.

If you’re a founder and you're constantly overwhelmed with work, it’s usually a sign that you've forgotten an important aspect of great leadership: delegation.

The key to delegating effectively is to make an honest assessment of what kind of tasks you’re not particularly good at or passionate about. These are the things you need to delegate to others. If you’re lousy at accounting, for instance, you should probably hand this task over to someone else.

When recruiting, look for skills, personality and problem-solving abilities.

One of the hallmarks of any great founder or CEO is the quality of the team they put together. That's because building a team of excellent employees is easier said than done.

Luckily, there are steps you can take to increase your chances of hiring great talent. The first is to make sure you pay attention to the special skill sets they bring to the table.

Reserve your peak time for flow activities.

Great. Now you’ve got a well-oiled company in place. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that problems will stop happening. Even worse: All of them seem to require your immediate attention. So how do you handle those day-to-day urgencies?

Truth is: As long as no one’s hacking your company account, most of your problems are not as urgent as you think they are. Even though you feel like it, you don’t have to act on every problem immediately. Acknowledging this reality will ultimately help you work in more productive ways. For example, by blocking off your most productive times for others.

Tame your emails with filters and the Do, Delete or Defer rule.

When speaking to audiences around the world, the author regularly asks them: What keeps you from being creative? The most common answer is: My cluttered inbox. So what can you do about it?

The key message here is: Tame your emails with filters and the Do, Delete or Defer rule.

Record and store your ideas in a systematic way.

Question: What will keep you ahead of your competitors?

The answer: your unique ideas.

For great content production, figure out what you do well, and create organizational structures that support your talent.

Bill Gates once said, “Content is king.” Even though this was back in 1996, it's equally true today. No matter what business you’re in, great content is crucial to success. After all, it’s the primary way of reaching out to your customers. So, let’s look at how you can up your content game.

The first thing you should do is recognize your limitations.

You’ll attract customers with smooth points of contact and the right free sample.

Even the best content in the world can only take you so far. It’ll wither away unnoticed if you don’t have customers and fans who actively recommend you – and that means building a stable customer base. How do you do that?

The key message here is: You’ll attract customers with smooth points of contact and the right free sample.

Sometimes, the best way forward is to say no and slow down.

One of the author’s clients is Justin Kavanaugh, a world-famous trainer to an impressive roster of professional athletes, including many top American football players.

Throughout his career, Kavanaugh always took on a lot of work, including many high-profile speaking engagements, and always pushed himself to do more. But when his first child was born, all this changed. He had to start saying no. For someone who had never met a challenge he couldn’t accept, this was hard.

Summary:

Founders are always going to be important players in any company; but that doesn’t mean they have to be involved in all the day-to-day operations of the business. In fact, trying to do everything yourself is a sure way to burn out. At the end of the day, it’s your job to set up an organization that can run smoothly on its own, so that you can spend more time following new ideas and leading the way forward.

Let’s give the last word to the author, Ari Meisel, who we interviewed in 2016. Here he is, talking about delegation and time:

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Worum geht es in The Replaceable Founder?

The Replaceable Founder (2018) takes a unique look at how leaders can perform the valuable job of making themselves obsolete. By creating strong organizational structures, including streamlined production and hiring processes, company founders can build organizations that are sure to function and even thrive without them. This is an ideal scenario since it allows the ambitious founder to focus on what they love most: bringing innovative ideas to life and creating companies that promise great work experiences for everyone.

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An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion... – Isaac Newton

—Ari Meisel

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Company founders who want to spend less time at work
CEOs who need to better organize their business
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Über den Autor

Ari Meisel is an American company leader and author. After his business studies at the University of Pennsylvania, he founded his own company Less Doing, which specializes in helping other individuals and companies automate and delegate their work so that they can work less, but work more intelligently.

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