How I Made My First Hire

I wanted to share my experience with you on how I expanded my team. I have always known that it was a necessary step to take so that I can free up my time to focus on moving the needle in my business. Nevertheless, it was a challenging decision - making commitments on your financial resources without a 100% certainty on the outcome. But the reality is that the only way to grow a business is to expand the team and delegate duties based on expertise and natural fit. 
So this is how I did it:

• I wrote down every single task that I currently perform in my business and every task that I don't have the time or expertise to perform, grouping them by departments or functional areas i.e. marketing & sales, operations, customer experience, IT, financial management.

• I rated each task on a scale of 1 to 3,  based on three variants - not teachable (your special mojo), am I good at it and do I enjoy doing it. The task with the lowest points were up for delegation.

• I grouped all the suggested delegation tasks and began to frame a job description. I talked with a couple of people and grew my operations team to three people.

• The final result of my team is myself, a virtual assistant/project manager, a marketing and branding expert and a group of consultants.

My main take away from this exercise is that being very clear on what I needed help with, allowed me to set and communicate clear expectations. Today, I am much more accountable, effective and productive, and this is by far the best investment I have made to grow my business. 

What about you? Are you having challenges with expanding your team? Or do you have any questions or comments?