As a first pass, you could try "profiling" how you spend your time, like you would for improving the performance of software. That might be the easiest first p

As a first pass, you could try "profiling" how you spend your time, like you would for improving the performance of software. That might be the easiest first pass. Then you can do the bigger things like: "I'm spending 1/4 time managing contractors, and 1/3 doing planning for which most of that time is due to needing to coordinate and adapt to contractors... So, do I need contractors? I need someone. What about a different contractor setup that doesn't need so much handholding? Or an employee? Or change the nature of the work?" Etc.