Your leadership team has titles and responsibilities. But do they have the authority to lead, or does every real decision still come back to you? On The Authority Advantage Podcast, Herb Cogliano joins Modesta Mahiga for the second time to talk about why delegating tasks isn’t the same as delegating authority.
Herb shares what changed at Sullivan & Cogliano when his team started owning decisions, how to tell whether your team lacks capability or just permission, and why Authority + Guardrails = Safe Autonomy. He also explains why a business that runs without its founder is worth more, whichever door you choose: sell, hand off, recapitalize, or architect and scale.
The ideas in this episode are in the book, Founder Independence → aspiregrowthadvisors.com/book
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