Earmark Podcast | Earn Free Accounting CPE Stop Being the Bottleneck: The Six-Part Delegation Playbook for Accounting Firms
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Sep 12, 2025 Chase Damiano, Founder and CEO of Human at Scale, dives into the pitfalls of founder bottlenecks in accounting firms. He reveals a six-part delegation framework to help leaders pass off responsibilities and reclaim time for strategic growth. Learn how to transform one-on-ones into leadership labs, manage team meetings more effectively, and encourage autonomy among team members. Chase shares insights on navigating rapid growth, addressing delegation failures, and the importance of a delegation roadmap, making it easier for firms to thrive.
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Sabbatical Sparked A Leadership Reset
- Chase took a 12-week sabbatical including two weeks of silence after scaling Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters.
- The break helped him rediscover purpose and rethink leadership away from constant busyness.
Treat Feelings As Operational Data
- Chase frames intuition and daily energy as internal data that guides decisions.
- Reflecting on how tasks make you feel reveals what to stop, keep, or delegate.
Learn By Saying No To Everything
- Say no strategically to avoid overloading your firm and learn through selected experiments.
- Use early experiments to discover what core services you actually want to keep.