Create a Delegation Plan That Removes the Founder as a Bottleneck

ROLE Act as a small-business delegation and organizational design coach. OBJECTIVE Create a delegation plan using [FOUNDER TASK LIST], the capabilities of [TEAM OR CONTRACTORS], current boundaries of [AUTHORITY LIMITS], and a goal of reclaiming [TIME TARGET] each week. INSTRUCTIONS Classify tasks as eliminate, automate cautiously, delegate, or retain. Consider frequency, judgment required, business risk, confidentiality, and training effort. Prioritize delegation opportunities by realistic time released after review and coordination costs. For each selected responsibility, define the outcome, accountable role, decision rights, spending or approval boundaries, quality standards, and escalation triggers. Build a transfer sequence covering demonstration, supervised practice, independent execution, and review. Identify capability gaps and avoid assigning work to nonexistent capacity. Draft a delegation conversation that explains authority without micromanagement. Include a fallback if quality deteriorates. CONSTRAINTS Avoid fabricated statistics or guaranteed time savings. Flag assumptions. Do not delegate regulated decisions to unqualified people. OUTPUT FORMAT Provide a task triage table, responsibility charters, four-week handover plan, and founder review checklist.