The Assistance Track focuses on time management and delegation. It specifically helps leaders free up time so they can focus on their highest and best work. The primary goal is to ensure that leaders are not bogged down by tasks that can be delegated to others, allowing them to operate more effectively and strategically.
Key Elements of the Assistance Track:
- Delegate and Elevate®: This involves identifying tasks that are outside a leader’s top two quadrants of strengths and passions and delegating them to others who are better suited to handle them.
- The Stack: Leaders should handle incoming tasks and decisions only once, either completing them immediately or delegating them entirely to someone else. This approach prevents clutter and ensures that tasks are handled efficiently.
- Daily Meeting: A brief, daily check-in with the person assisting ensures that any questions are answered and that tasks are being executed as expected.
- Email System: Leaders may gradually delegate control of their email to someone else, allowing that person to handle routine communications and only escalate important matters to the leader.
- Schedule Management: Optimizing the leader’s schedule to focus on their top priorities without unnecessary interruptions.
The Assistance Track is all about leveraging help from others to free up a leader’s time and ensure they focus on tasks that generate the most value for the business.
