147 Why Your Execution Skills Are Sabotaging Your Leadership with Andrew Poles

Your obsession with flawless execution might be the very thing holding your company back.Most founders rise to leadership because they're exceptional operators—they solve problems faster, think deeper, and deliver better than anyone else. But here's the uncomfortable truth: those same skills that made you invaluable as an individual contributor actively work against you as a leader. In this episode, Andrew Poles, three-time founder and executive coach, reveals why sixty-one percent of leaders struggle most with delegating, and it has nothing to do with trust issues. Discover how to build mental maps that allow your team to think independently, why transferring intention beats transferring instructions, and the neuroscience behind why people can't change behavior without changing perspective. This isn't about working less—it's about scaling your impact beyond what you can personally execute.Keywords: founder leadership, delegation strategies, Andrew Poles, execution to leadership transition, management skills, team development, scaling leadership, founder mindset