Season 18 | Ep 202 | Decision Fatigue – How to Make Better Choices Faster

Does running your agency feel like an endless cycle of choices? The constant weight of decision-making can drain your energy, slow down your team, and ultimately put a ceiling on your agency’s growth. 

In this episode of The Agency Blueprint, I discuss the real cost of decision fatigue and the dangerous habit of training your team to rely on you for every answer. I also explain how to categorize risk into low, medium, and high levels, allowing you to determine which decisions to delegate, collaborate on, or retain personally. 

Don’t miss this episode to learn why, when you stop holding onto every decision and start trusting your team, your agency becomes more agile, scalable, and resilient.

Key Questions:

• [00:31] How often do you feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of choices you need to make each week as an agency owner?
• [04:18] Are you unintentionally training your team to depend on you for every answer instead of empowering them to think for themselves?
• [09:53] What areas of your business could you vacate (not abdicate) to allow your team to step up and grow into ownership?
• [12:25] When delegating, are you clear about whether you want research, recommendations, or full implementation?

What You’ll Discover: 

• [01:21] How decision fatigue creates bottlenecks that slow your team down and drain your energy as a leader.
• [04:18] How agency owners unintentionally train their teams to rely on them for every decision, and how to break the cycle.
• [05:05] The 1-3-1 framework – a simple but powerful method to retrain your team to bring solutions instead of problems.
• [06:40] How to categorize decisions into low, medium, and high risk to guide your delegation process.
• [08:49] How fostering a solution-oriented culture encourages your team to explore ideas, test solutions, and bring ownership to the table.
• [11:06] How to delegate outcomes rather than just tasks, giving your leadership team the autonomy to think and act strategically.
• [12:25] The different levels of delegation and how to decide which approach is right in each scenario.
• [13:17] The importance of creating a safe space for your team to try, fail, and learn without fear of harsh reactions.