It is worth remembering. Not just for CEOs, but for anyone in a role of management. Delegation is good, but incredibly frustrating when delegating a task that

It is worth remembering. Not just for CEOs, but for anyone in a role of management. Delegation is good, but incredibly frustrating when delegating a task that takes one's self 5 hours, but 20 hours for someone else with a worse end result. That's where coaching (and remembering how bad you were yourself at some point) comes in, but when deadlines are tight, few people have the ability to let go. And as another commenter states, letting go can't be done at the start. Natural born CEOs are not people that don't do anything by themselves. I am reminded, however, simple advice to always hire someone better than you and learn from them. They may not be better in all respects, but always hire someone that is better in some regard.