Impact Requires Space. Delegation Creates It.

If you’re constantly maxed out, you’re not making impact you’re maintaining output.

That might sound harsh, but at the executive level, being busy isn’t the goal. It’s the first sign that you’re operating below your highest value.

Impact—the kind that drives growth, shifts strategy, and creates compounding results requires space.

Mental space. Calendar space. Relational space. Creative space.

And that space doesn’t appear by accident. It’s created through intentional delegation. Delegation isn’t about giving away tasks you don’t want. It’s about releasing what no longer requires you, so you can focus where only you can deliver.

At your level, you’re no longer being paid for what you can do. You’re being paid for what you can multiply.

Vision. Revenue. Alignment. Partnerships. Culture.

That’s the work of an executive. That’s where impact lives. But too often, leaders remain tethered to responsibilities they’ve long outgrown because they trust their own output, because they fear mistakes, or because they haven’t built the systems to support real delegation.

Here’s the reality: if you’re always the one following up, double checking, fixing, and firefighting you haven’t created the conditions for scale. You’ve created a dependency.

High-impact leadership means you’re spending more time building capacity than filling gaps. It means trusting your team, building clear lanes, and having the discipline to focus on what actually moves the business forward.

Because until you create space, you won’t have room to lead at the level your role demands.

And no one’s coming to clear that space for you.

That’s your job.