How to Delegate to Elevate Your Success as a Leader
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Release Date: 11/14/2022
"It's My Fault" The Three Most Important Words in Leadership
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Leadership transformation begins with one sentence: "It's my fault." In this high-impact episode, the conversation breaks down how radical ownership reshapes teams, builds trust, and ultimately turns average managers into respected, influential leaders. This isn't about blame. It's about empowerment. Through real-world examples and hard-hitting truths, listeners are challenged to confront their egos, recognize their blind spots, and learn how to use ownership to create a ripple effect of accountability throughout their organization. Packed with leadership insights and practical moves, this...
info_outline
A Guide to Emotional Intelligence
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
In this episode of The Business Mechanic Show, the truth about real leadership power gets exposed. It's not titles. It's not technical skills. It's Emotional Intelligence (EQ) — and those who master it dominate in today’s fast-moving, people-driven world. This isn’t another soft skills seminar. This is your playbook for developing emotional control, real influence, unshakable team loyalty, and strategic leadership thinking. Listeners will dive into the exact behaviors that high-EQ leaders display every day, how they defuse conflict, drive massive engagement, and outperform their...
info_outline
How COACHING Transforms Difficult People
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
What do you do with that one high performer who brings in results but burns bridges while doing it? The one who’s smart, essential even, but also impossible to coach, manage, or talk to? This episode tackles one of the most frustrating leadership challenges: managing the brilliant but toxic—and offers a real solution. This high-impact episode pulls back the curtain on what most leaders and executives avoid: addressing the destructive behaviors of their “uncoachable” top performers. It explores how difficult employees quietly drain morale, erode culture, and drive out great...
info_outline
The Communication Revolution
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Most leadership breakdowns aren’t about strategy, skill, or resources—they’re about communication. In this episode, the host lays down a wake-up call for every manager who’s ever said, “I already told them what to do,” and then watched a project crash and burn. The truth? Talking doesn’t equal communicating. And assuming people “get it” is a fast track to misalignment, delays, and missed goals. This episode unpacks the real cost of unclear communication—why even smart teams fall apart under vague instructions—and what elite leaders do differently to keep teams aligned and...
info_outline
EXPLODE YOUR SALES RIGHT NOW: The Absolute Fcking Truth About Leadership
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
In this firepower-packed episode, the truth gets laid bare—underperforming sales teams aren’t a people problem, they’re a leadership problem. This is a straight-talking, high-impact breakdown of how real sales transformation begins and ends with leadership execution. If you’ve ever blamed your team for missing the number, this episode will challenge everything you think you know. From building a milestone-based sales process to implementing predictive scorecards, this conversation dives deep into CRM integration, pipeline visibility, accountability, coaching, and training that actually...
info_outline
The Psychology of High Performance
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
This episode of the Business Mechanic Show explores the importance of building trust, framing expectations as growth opportunities, and fostering a culture of accountability and inspiration. Leaders who model trust, vulnerability, and authenticity pave the way for their teams to embrace challenges and exceed expectations. The episode discusses how reframing expectations as opportunities rather than obligations can inspire employees to achieve their best. Insights from Results Driven Leadership trainers reveal the power of pulling employees toward success by highlighting possibilities...
info_outline
Five Brutally Honest Ways to Evolve as a Leader with Today’s Workforce
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
In this episode of the Business Mechanics Show, we take a hard look at the evolving workforce and how leadership needs to change to stay effective. The workforce is shifting rapidly, and leading like 2010 won't cut it anymore. In this episode, we dive into five brutally honest leadership hacks that can help you adapt to the modern workforce. These tips will guide you on prioritizing, communicating, and fostering accountability in a way that fits today's demands. It's time to evolve from a traditional management mindset to a more impactful leadership approach, focused on collaboration,...
info_outline
The 4 Keys to Becoming an Influential Leader
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Unlock Your Energy: In this episode of the Business Mechanic Show, we explore what it truly means to become an influential leader. The discussion centers on the four key elements that transform leadership from being simply effective to genuinely influential, with a strong emphasis on people—motivating and inspiring teams through respect, humility, and emotional intelligence (EQ). The episode delves into how humility combined with power creates true influence. Building relationships and being accessible to your team fosters respect and loyalty, leading to better communication and higher...
info_outline
Building an Accountability System Transform Your Sales Teams Success
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
In this episode of the Business Mechanic Show, we explore how to set up an accountability system in a sales team. Accountability is key, but it should be implemented without micromanagement. We discuss how different people respond to responsibility and how sales managers can lead their teams effectively by fostering both personal and team success through balanced accountability. We also touch on the challenge sales managers face when transitioning from individual contributor roles. Managers often expect their team to embrace accountability like they did, leading to frustration. We provide...
info_outline
Uncovering the Symptoms and the Solutions of a Lack of Accountability
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
In this episode of the Business Mechanic Show, the critical issue of accountability and its impact on team success is explored. The discussion covers how a lack of accountability can manifest in common symptoms such as inconsistent performance and declining morale within sales teams. Even successful teams can fall into patterns where accountability slips, leading to challenges that hinder long-term success. The episode delves into strategies for turning things around, including regularly reviewing performance data and fostering open communication with team members. It emphasizes the...
info_outlineWho is running you? Are you running things, or is your job or business running you?
Get my FREE online course, How to Hire Great People
Well, if you ARE one of the many managers or executives who feel overwhelmed at times and go home at the end of the day feeling like you did not get anything done.
Do you feel like your phone rings all day?
Are you often frustrated because it seems like the only person who can get things done?
Or does it feel like your career is stalled?
This podcast is for you.
Well, my friends, you are not alone. Whether you said yes to one or all of these questions. During this show, I will share all I know about creating healthy and productive delegation skills during this show! These are likely the cure to your situation. One of the most common ways of overcoming this burden is to learn how to delegate your work to others.
Good delegators can build solid and successful teams that are more than capable of meeting the demands of a heavy workload. This is why Delegation is such an important skill to learn! You see, there is always a win-win with Delegation.
There are many possible reasons why people might be afraid of handing over tasks or responsibilities:
You Are Worried About Dumping Their Work on Others Who Are Already Busy.
You May Feel Threatened.
Maybe You Don't Want to Lose Control.
Your support, guidance, and patience will quickly overcome these hurdles. Nothing good comes quickly. Don’t give in to your urgency; give it a little time. Understand that different people learn at different paces, and most will not learn the same way and at the same pace as you.
Don’t Lose Patience and Think It Would Be Quicker to Do It Yourself
Everyone takes time to learn something new. The more support they are given at the outset, the more quickly they will be able to do the work themselves. You may convince yourself It Seems Like a Lot More Work Than It's Worth.
The most significant barrier for owners, executives, and managers to start delegating the workload is thinking about it. Oh my God. It's an additional task.
You must get Beyond "Putting Out Fires.
Most organization leaders are so busy putting out the day-to-day fires that they remain stuck in the rut of doing things the way they have always been done—for better or worse. They rarely find the needed time to discover new solutions and opportunities that will allow them to rise to the next level of success. By approaching their position that way, They rarely achieve their full potential professionally.
Stay Connected with Newsletters and Updates
Join our mailing list to receive our team's latest news and updates. Don’t worry; your information will not be shared.
We hate SPAM. We will never sell your information for any reason.
Learn More About Our Online Training Courses
Contact [email protected] for a Free Consultation
If you have been frustrated with the quality of your employees, then let me ask you. Have you ever been formally trained on how to interview? Most answer no. For listening to the business mechanic show, I will put a link in the show notes for a special free offer.
Get my online course, How to Hire Great People. It will give you video training on the interview technique I’m pretty certain you don’t use or even have thought about using. You will get the instruction and tools, including all the interview questions you need to hire great people. I promise you that those questions are not the ones you are asking now. Check it out and take advantage of the free offer.
The good news is that you can overcome the typical delegation obstacles that keep you from achieving Results-Driven outcomes. However, this requires commitment and effort. Let's look at each of the most common tools and best practices for Effective Delegation.
When to Delegate?
Does the task provide an opportunity to grow and develop another person's skills?
Do I like doing this task?
Is this a task that I should delegate?
Be careful not to micromanage. However, this doesn't mean that you must surrender control altogether.