179 Why Your Team Keeps Dropping the Ball (It's Not Them) with Chaz Wolfe
Tue Feb 03 2026
You handed it off. They dropped it. But what if the problem wasn't their execution?
In this episode, Chaz Wolfe, founder of Gathering the Kings Masterminds, breaks down the difference between delegation and abdication. He's built and sold multiple seven-figure companies and interviewed over 400 entrepreneurs, and his take on why most founders fail at delegation hits different. The issue isn't finding reliable people. It's how we hand things off in the first place.
We dig into the identity trap that keeps founders stuck doing work someone else could own. We explore why transferring outcomes instead of tasks changes everything. And we get tactical about what people actually need to succeed when you hand them something important: vision, success criteria, resources, and tracking.
If delegation feels like adding work instead of removing it, this conversation will reframe how you think about building a team that runs without you.
Keywords: delegation for founders, how to delegate effectively, outcome-based delegation, working on vs in business, founder time management, team accountability, Chaz Wolfe, Gathering the Kings
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You handed it off. They dropped it. But what if the problem wasn't their execution? In this episode, Chaz Wolfe, founder of Gathering the Kings Masterminds, breaks down the difference between delegation and abdication. He's built and sold multiple seven-figure companies and interviewed over 400 entrepreneurs, and his take on why most founders fail at delegation hits different. The issue isn't finding reliable people. It's how we hand things off in the first place. We dig into the identity trap that keeps founders stuck doing work someone else could own. We explore why transferring outcomes instead of tasks changes everything. And we get tactical about what people actually need to succeed when you hand them something important: vision, success criteria, resources, and tracking. If delegation feels like adding work instead of removing it, this conversation will reframe how you think about building a team that runs without you. Keywords: delegation for founders, how to delegate effectively, outcome-based delegation, working on vs in business, founder time management, team accountability, Chaz Wolfe, Gathering the Kings