At the beginning, it was simpler. You gave direction, everyone followed your lead. Decisions were fast. Mistakes were easy to spot.
But as you grew, and friction started to pop up in unexpected ways.
When you were able to be hands-on in everything, or at least be able to input on the big things across the whole business, things seemed to flow. Now others need to lead and you can’t be involved in every move.
Don’t beat yourself up. This is a natural evolution of a proximity build-out (we all do it!!)
It doesn’t mean you’re a bad leader. It means you need a better system.
And it’s totally fixable.