Celine Charlotte Podcast

#1 Teamwork: Mistakes I made and why I'm not the best manager (part 1/2)

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Managing a team as an entrepreneur is HARD.

That's at least what I've experienced in 6+ years. Those of you who follow me know I've been talking about my struggles with delegation and building a team for a while.

In this episode, I talk about:

- My decision to let go of the idea that I need to be a better manager

- Being frustrated about stuff I want done NOW and the difficulty of it

- The current state of my team

- Hiring for a multinational vs hiring for my company

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Timestamps for this episode:

(00:05) Introduction

(00:55) My team so far

(02:20) The future structure of my team

(02:45) Delegating tasks: What I learned

(03:05) How to start delegating: let the team handle your emails

(04:18) The biggest revelation I've had: I'm not multinational

(04:52) Why your ideal employee won't work for you

(06:53) Why it's dangerous to rely exclusively on your employee

(08:20) A helpful insight: divide your team into strategists and technicians

(10:55) Why hiring strategists can be disappointing

(11:24) My preferred strategists

(12:16) You can still succeed as an entrepreneur even if you're bad at managing

(13:18) What relieving myself of being a manager has brought me

(14:43) I (almost) have no meetings.

(15:52) How I organize my team's management

(16:53) Three principles I follow when working with my team