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How to Skip the 8-Month Documentation Delay at $60K–$90K: The Just-in-Time Method That Keeps Momentum

Avoid six to fourteen months of documentation paralysis by documenting each task right before you delegate it—enabling hiring in weeks instead of months.

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Nour Boustani
Jan 23, 2026
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The Executive Summary

Operators in the $30K–$50K/month band quietly lose 6–14 months and $15K–$25K in upside by over-documenting before hiring; documenting each task right before delegation turns that delay into fast, compounding momentum.

  • Who this is for: Founders and operators at $30K–$50K/month working 50+ hours weekly, stuck solo because they believe they must “document everything first” before bringing on help.

  • The Documentation Delay Problem: Comprehensive manuals that reach 65–95 pages and consume 80–120+ hours push first hires out by 6–14 months, stall growth near $32K–$38K, and leave documentation mostly unread.

  • What you’ll learn: How to use just-in-time documentation with 1-hour task packets, 24–48 hour document-to-delegate cycles, a 4-level task priority matrix, and 1-page templates that keep documentation practical instead of theoretical.

  • What changes if you apply it: Instead of hiring in month 9–16 with a burned-out solo operation, you delegate in Week 1, reach a productive team member by Month 3, and convert 15–22 freed hours into higher revenue and breathing room.

  • Time to implement: Expect Week 1 to list and score 25–35 tasks, Weeks 1–4 to delegate 4 key tasks, Weeks 5–8 to hand off 8–10 tasks, and Month 3 for a fully productive hire.

Written by Nour Boustani for $30K–$50K/month operators who want to hire in weeks without spending 6–14 months trapped in documentation paralysis.


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THE STANDARD PATH

Most operators at $30K-$50K delay hiring 6-8 months because they’re “documenting everything first.” Here’s the failure pattern that 64% follow.

Month 1 at $35K monthly: You’re working 50 hours weekly. Serving 12 clients solo. You know you need help. You start thinking about hiring.

But you think: “I can’t hire yet. I need to document everything first. No one can do the work without documentation. I need complete SOPs before I bring anyone on.”

This sounds logical. It’s completely wrong.

Months 2-4: You start documenting comprehensively. You’re building the ultimate operations manual. Every process. Every edge case. Every scenario you can imagine.

You write:

  • Client onboarding protocol (12 pages)

  • Email response framework (8 pages)

  • Deliverable creation guide (15 pages)

  • Quality checklist (6 pages)

  • Tools and systems overview (10 pages)

  • Troubleshooting scenarios (14 pages)

  • [Continue for 20+ more processes]

You’re up to 65 pages of documentation. You’ve spent 80+ hours writing. You’re still not done. You haven’t hired anyone yet.

Meanwhile, you’re still working 50 hours weekly doing all the client work yourself. Revenue is flat at $35K because you have no capacity for growth.

Your days look like this:

  • 6 am-8 am: Client work

  • 8 am-10 am: Documentation writing

  • 10 am-12 pm: Client calls

  • 12 pm-2 pm: More documentation

  • 2 pm-6 pm: Client deliverables

  • 6 pm-8 pm: Evening documentation session

You’re exhausted. You’re not making progress on revenue. But you tell yourself: “Once the documentation is complete, I can scale. Just need to finish this manual first.”

Months 5-8: Documentation continues. You realize you missed things. You add sections:

  • Advanced client scenarios (What if the client requests a refund? What if the deliverable needs a major revision? What if the project scope expands?)

  • Team communication protocols (How to update status, escalation procedures, weekly check-ins)

  • Crisis management procedures (Client emergencies, technical failures, team conflicts)

  • Weekly review processes (What to track, how to report, performance standards)

  • Monthly planning frameworks (Goal setting, capacity planning, resource allocation)

You’re now at 95 pages of documentation. 120+ hours invested. Still haven’t hired anyone. Still solo at $35K monthly.

You keep telling yourself: “Almost ready. Just need to finish the onboarding section. Then I can hire.”

But the manual keeps growing. Every time you think you’re done, you realize you missed something. You think of another edge case. Another scenario that might happen. Another process that needs documenting.

Months 9-12: You finally admit you’re never going to finish complete documentation. You’ve been documenting for 8 months. You’re burned out. Revenue is actually dropping to $32K because you’re spending 15 hours weekly on documentation instead of client work.

You decide: “I’ll just hire and figure it out.”

Months 13-14: You finally hire someone. Part-time contractor. You hand them the 95-page manual.

They open it. They scroll through. They say: “This is really comprehensive. I’ll read through it this week.”

Week 1: They read 12 pages. They skim the rest. They start asking you questions about everything anyway.

“How do I actually access the client portal?” “Which email template do I use for this situation?” “The manual says to do X, but this client needs Y, what do I do?”

You realize: All that documentation was mostly theoretical. They learn by doing and asking, not by reading your manual. The 95 pages you spent 120+ hours creating are sitting unused in a Google Drive folder.

The contractor learns the job the same way everyone learns jobs: by doing tasks and asking questions when stuck.

Total cost:

  • 8-14 months operating solo when you could have had help.

  • 120+ hours creating documentation no one reads.

  • Revenue stagnation from working IN the business instead of ON it.

  • Opportunity cost of $15K-$25K in lost revenue from not having team capacity earlier.

You’re at month 14, finally delegating with team help. Competitors who hired at month 2 are at $65K revenue with established teams. You’re at $32K, burned out, with an unused manual and 14 months of solo operation you didn’t need to do alone.

The problem isn’t that documentation is bad. The problem is documenting everything before delegating anything. You’re building theoretical documentation for processes you haven’t delegated yet. You don’t know what actually needs documentation until you try to delegate it.

Pattern analysis from 45+ documentation delay cases shows the failure is predictable:

  • 91% over-document (build 80-page manual, use 12 pages)

  • Documentation without immediate delegation = theoretical, not practical

  • Operators who document comprehensively before hiring take 16 months average to first hire

  • Operators who document just-in-time take 8 months average to first hire

  • Time saved: 8 months of solo operation

The bypass opportunity isn’t building better documentation faster. It’s documenting right before you delegate, not months before. Document Monday, delegate Tuesday. Learn what actually needs documentation through real delegation. Six to fourteen months saved.


THE BYPASS METHOD

Pattern intelligence from 45+ documentation delay cases and 30+ operators who documented just-in-time shows documentation paralysis is avoidable:

  • Operators who document task-by-task (1 hour per task) hire in 4-8 weeks

  • Operators who document comprehensively first (80-120 hours) hire in 6-14 months

  • Just-in-time documentation is 90% as effective with 85% less time investment

  • 80% of processes don’t need written documentation (show once or a simple checklist)

The Just-in-Time Method bypasses documentation paralysis by documenting each task right before you delegate it. Here’s exactly how it works.


Bypass Tactic 1: Use the 5-Step Just-in-Time Protocol

Don’t document your entire operation. Document the next task you’re delegating.

The protocol: Identify task → Record yourself doing it → Write a 1-page checklist → Delegate next occurrence → Iterate based on questions.

Total time: 1 hour per task.

Total delay from documentation to delegation: 24-48 hours maximum.


Step 1: Identify next task to delegate (15 minutes)

Look at last week’s time log. What took the most time?

Sort tasks by:

  • High frequency (daily/weekly tasks)

  • Low complexity (someone could learn quickly)

  • Clear outcome (you know what “done” looks like)

Example: Client discovery call scheduling

  • Frequency: 12 times weekly

  • Complexity: Low (follow template, book calendar)

  • Outcome: Call scheduled, client confirmed

This is your first delegation target. Not “all client management.” Not “everything related to scheduling.” This specific task.

Don’t pick:

  • “Handle all client communication” (too broad)

  • “Manage client relationships” (vague)

  • “Do whatever needs doing” (impossible to document)

Pick:

  • “Schedule client discovery calls using Calendly” (specific)

  • “Send weekly project status updates to clients” (specific)

  • “Generate monthly invoices in Stripe” (specific)

Specific = documentable. Broad = documentation paralysis.


Step 2: Record yourself doing it once (30 minutes)

Use Loom or any screen recording tool. Do the task start to finish while recording.

Talk through what you’re doing:

  • “I’m opening the email from this discovery call request”

  • “I’m checking Calendly for available Tuesday-Thursday slots”

  • “I’m copying these three time options into the email template”

Show every click. Show decision points. Show common mistakes. Don’t edit for perfection.

What to capture:

  • Where tools are (”I keep email templates bookmarked here”)

  • How you make choices (”I prefer Tuesday/Thursday because Mondays are busy for clients”)

  • What mistakes to avoid (”Don’t do this [shows wrong way], here’s why, do this instead”)

  • What quality looks like (”A good scheduling email personalizes greeting, offers 3 specific times, includes time zones”)

Don’t worry about:

  • Professional video quality (laptop mic is fine)

  • Perfect delivery (pauses are okay)

  • One-take perfection (keep going if you mess up)

Result: 15-25 minute video showing the actual task. Raw and real, not polished tutorial.


Step 3: Write a 1-page checklist (20 minutes)

After recording, write a simple checklist covering:

  • Steps in sequence

  • Tools needed

  • Quality checkpoints

  • Common mistakes

Not a comprehensive guide. A working checklist. Maximum one page.

If your checklist is growing to 2-3 pages, you’re over-documenting. Cut it back. You can add detail in Version 2 after seeing what questions people actually ask.


Step 4: Delegate next time the task comes up (same day or next day)

Don’t wait. The next time that task occurs, hand it off.

Send team member:

  • The video (one watch)

  • The checklist (one read)

  • Access to tools

Say: “Watch the video, read the checklist, do the next one. I’ll review after you complete it.”

Timeline: Document Monday morning, delegate Tuesday afternoon when the task occurs.

Not: Document Monday, perfect it Tuesday-Friday, delegate next week. That’s a delay. That’s theoretical documentation.

Just-in-time means immediate delegation. The task comes up, you hand it off. Same day or next day maximum.


Step 5: Iterate based on questions (ongoing)

After the first delegation, the team member has 3-5 questions. Answer them, then update the checklist with those answers.

Common pattern:

  • Delegation 1: 5 questions asked → Update checklist with 5 answers

  • Delegation 2: 2 questions asked → Update checklist with 2 answers

  • Delegation 3: 0-1 questions asked → Documentation is complete

After 3-5 delegations, questions drop to 0-1. Documentation is now complete—not because you thought through everything upfront, but because you learned what needed documenting through real delegation.

Kai at $38K monthly marketing services documented client scheduling this way.

Monday: 1 hour to document (video + checklist).

Tuesday: Delegated the first scheduling request.

Week 2: Updated checklist with 4 answers to questions.

Week 3: Zero questions, fully delegated.

Compare this to spending 8 months building theoretical documentation before delegating anything.

This connects to The Delegation Map—the sequence of what to delegate when.


Bypass Tactic 2: Apply the Task Documentation Priority Matrix

Not everything needs documentation. 80% of tasks need either a simple checklist or just a 5-minute screen share.

The matrix has four levels based on frequency, complexity, and impact.


Level 1: Full documentation (video + detailed checklist)

Tasks that need this:

  • High frequency (daily or weekly)

  • Client-facing or quality-critical

  • Multi-step with decision points

Time investment: 1 hour

Examples: Client onboarding, deliverable creation, quality review


Level 2: Simple checklist only (no video)

Tasks that need this:

  • Medium frequency (a few times weekly)

  • Straightforward sequence

  • Minimal decisions

Time investment: 20 minutes

Examples: Invoice generation, meeting notes, weekly reports


Level 3: Screen share once (no documentation)

Tasks that need this:

  • Low frequency (monthly or less)

  • Simple enough to show in 5 minutes

  • Easy to remember after seeing it once

Time investment: 5 minutes

Examples: Password resets, basic tool navigation, simple data entry


Level 4: No documentation needed

Tasks that need this:

  • Very low frequency (quarterly or less)

  • Completely straightforward

  • Or: You’re keeping it (not delegating yet)

Time investment: 0 minutes

How to score your tasks:

For each task, calculate:

  • Frequency: Daily (5 points), Weekly (4), Monthly (2), Quarterly (1)

  • Complexity: Multi-step with decisions (3), Multi-step straightforward (2), Single-step (1)

  • Impact: Client-facing (3), Quality-critical (2), Admin (1)

Total score determines level:

  • 9-11 points: Level 1 (full documentation)

  • 6-8 points: Level 2 (checklist only)

  • 4-5 points: Level 3 (screen share)

  • 1-3 points: Level 4 (skip it)

Example:

Client onboarding scores 10 points (daily frequency 4 + multi-step complexity 3 + client-facing 3) = Level 1, full documentation needed.

Weekly expense report scores 7 points (weekly 4 + straightforward 2 + admin 1) = Level 2, checklist only.

Updating email signature scores 3 points (quarterly 1 + single-step 1 + admin 1) = Level 4, no documentation.

This prevents the mistake of documenting everything equally. Focus your documentation effort on the 20% of tasks that actually need it.


Bypass Tactic 3: Use the 1-Page Template System

One page forces clarity. One page prevents over-documentation. One page is actually read.

Template 1: Process Checklist

TASK: [Name]
FREQUENCY: [How often]
TIME: [Duration]

TOOLS NEEDED:
- [Tool 1]
- [Tool 2]

STEPS:
[ ] Step 1
[ ] Step 2
[Continue, max 10-12 steps]

QUALITY CHECK:
[ ] Checkpoint 1
[ ] Checkpoint 2

COMMON MISTAKES:
- Mistake 1 + how to avoid
- Mistake 2 + how to avoid

VIDEO: [Loom link]
QUESTIONS: Ask [Your name]

Everything fits on one page. Team member can start immediately.


Template 2: Decision Framework

For tasks requiring judgment:

TASK: [Name]
WHEN: [Triggering condition]

IF [Condition A]:
→ Do [Action A]

IF [Condition B]:
→ Do [Action B]

IF UNSURE:
→ [Escalation process]

EXAMPLES:
- Situation 1 → Action
- Situation 2 → Action

Clear decisions. No ambiguity. One page.


Template 3: Quality Standard

For deliverable creation:

TASK: [Deliverable]
OUTPUT: [What done looks like]

REQUIRED:
[ ] Element 1
[ ] Element 2
[ ] Element 3

QUALITY CHECK:
[ ] Standard 1
[ ] Standard 2

EXAMPLES:
- Excellent: [Why]
- Good: [Why]
- Needs work: [Why]

This connects to The Quality Transfer—maintaining standards when delegating.

One page. Complete. Immediately usable.


Bypass Tactic 4: Document in Progressive Versions

Don’t try to create perfect documentation on day one. Build it through iteration.

Version 1: First delegation (Day 1)

Contents:

  • 1-page checklist

  • 10-minute video

  • Access to tools

Time: 1 hour

This is enough to delegate. Not enough to cover every edge case. That’s fine. You don’t know the edge cases until someone tries to do the task.

Version 2: Question-driven update (Week 2-4)

After 3-5 delegations, collect common questions.

Questions like:

  • “What if client doesn’t respond?”

  • “What if standard times don’t work?”

  • “How do I handle time zones?”

Update the checklist with answers. Add 3-5 new steps based on real questions.

Time: 30 minutes

Version 3: Comprehensive guide (Month 2-3)

After 10+ delegations, you know:

  • All common scenarios (from real experience)

  • All edge cases that actually happen (vs. theoretical)

  • All the mistakes people make (from watching)

Update to the comprehensive version with examples, FAQ, and troubleshooting.

Time: 1-2 hours

But this comprehensive version is based on reality. You’re not guessing what people need. You know because they showed you through delegation.


THE OPERATOR EXAMPLE

Kai runs marketing services. Month 8, launched at $38K monthly with 15 clients. Solo operation.

He knows he needs help. He thinks: “I need to document everything first.”

But instead of spending months building comprehensive documentation, he uses the Just-in-Time Method.

Week 1: First task documented

Monday morning: Kai identifies the first delegation target—client discovery call scheduling. Happens 12 times weekly. Takes 5 minutes per call.

Monday 10 am-11 am: Records Loomis doing one scheduling request. Writes a 1-page checklist. Total time: 55 minutes.

Tuesday afternoon: Discovery call request comes in. Kai hands it to his new part-time contractor (hired Week 1, not Month 16).

Contractor watches video (18 minutes), reads checklist (3 minutes), schedules the call (7 minutes on first try). Asks 2 questions via Slack.

Wednesday: Contractor does second scheduling independently. Asks 1 question.

Thursday: Third scheduling, zero questions.

Task successfully delegated. Time invested: 55 minutes documentation + 20 minutes answering questions = 75 minutes total.


Week 2-3: Additional tasks documented

Using the same protocol:

  • Week 2: Documents email response framework (1 hour), delegates for the same week

  • Week 3: Documents social media posting (1 hour), delegates for the same week

  • Week 3: Documents invoice generation (20-minute checklist only), delegates for the same week

Total documentation time: 3 hours. Total tasks delegated: 4 tasks. Contractor now handling 25% of weekly workload

Week 4-8: Continued delegation

Kai continues the pattern. One new task documented per week. Each delegated within 48 hours.

By Week 8:

  • 8 tasks fully documented and delegated

  • Total documentation time: 8 hours (vs. 120+ hours comprehensive approach)

  • Contractor handling 45% of the workload

  • Kai has 22 hours weekly freed up

Month 3-4: Results

Kai at $52K monthly revenue. He redirected 22 freed hours to sales and client acquisition. Closed 6 new clients. Contractor scaled to 30 hours weekly, handling more tasks.

His competitor started documenting at the same time, comprehensively. Still hasn’t hired anyone. Still at $35K monthly solo, 8 months later, with a 95-page manual no one reads.

What Kai bypassed:

  • 6-14 months of documentation paralysis before hiring

  • 80-120 hours building theoretical documentation

  • 95-page manual unused in Google Drive

  • Solo operation when could have team

  • Revenue stagnation due to a lack of capacity to grow

Time to first delegation: Week 1 (vs. Month 9-14 standard path)

Time to productive team member: Week 8 (vs. Month 16+ standard path)

The just-in-time method saved Kai 6+ months of solo operation. He reached $52K with team support while the competitor was stuck at $35K, solo fighting documentation paralysis.


SAFETY PROTOCOLS

Three critical mistakes when documenting just-in-time.

Mistake 1: Documenting without immediate delegation.

Just-in-time means document Monday, delegate Tuesday. Not document Monday, delegate “someday when we’re ready.”

If you document but don’t delegate within 48 hours, you’re building theoretical documentation. The whole point is learning what needs documentation through real delegation.

The fix: Only document tasks you’re delegating this week. If you’re not hiring this month, don’t document yet. Wait until you’re actually delegating.


Mistake 2: Over-documenting on Version 1.

Version 1 should be minimal viable documentation. 1-page checklist. 10-minute video. That’s it.

Don’t try to cover every edge case on day one. You don’t know the edge cases yet. You’ll learn them through questions after delegations 1-3.

The fix: Force yourself to stay under one page for checklists. If it’s growing to 2-3 pages, you’re over-documenting. Simplify. You can add detail in Version 2 after learning what people actually need.


Mistake 3: Never updating documentation.

Just-in-time starts minimal and evolves. If you never update based on questions, your documentation stays incomplete.

After delegations 1-5, you should be collecting questions. After delegation 5, update the checklist with common question answers. After delegation 10, create a comprehensive Version 3.

The fix: Keep a question log. After every delegation, note what the person asked. When you see the same question 2-3 times, add it to the documentation.


YOUR BYPASS ROADMAP

Here’s how to implement the Just-in-Time Method and avoid documentation paralysis.

Week 1: Setup and first delegation

Day 1: List all your tasks (2 hours)

  • Document everything you do weekly

  • Target: 25-35 tasks listed

Day 2: Score and prioritize

  • Use the Task Documentation Priority Matrix

  • Score each task (frequency + complexity + impact)

  • Identify 5-8 Level 1 tasks needing full documentation

Day 3: Document first task (1 hour)

  • Pick the highest-priority task

  • Record Loom is doing it once

  • Write a 1-page checklist

  • Set up tools access

Day 4-5: Delegate first task

  • Next time the task occurs, hand it off

  • Team member watches video, uses checklist

  • You review their first completion

  • Collect questions


Week 2-4: Build delegation momentum

Goal: Document and delegate 1 new task per week

Monday each week:

  • Document next task on priority list (1 hour)

  • Same day or Tuesday: Delegate when the task occurs

  • Rest of week: Review completions, answer questions

  • Friday: Update documentation based on the week’s questions

By the end of Week 4:

  • 4 tasks documented and delegated

  • 4 hours total documentation time

  • Team member handling 20-30% of workload


Week 5-8: Scale up delegation

Continue pattern:

  • 1-2 tasks documented weekly

  • Immediate delegation

  • Progressive updates to Version 2

By the end of Week 8:

  • 8-10 tasks delegated

  • Team member handling 40-50% of the workload

  • You have 15-20 hours weekly freed up


Month 3+: Maintenance and growth

Quarterly:

  • Review all documentation

  • Update outdated content

  • Add new recurring tasks as they emerge

As-needed:

  • When the process changes significantly

  • When the team keeps asking the same question

  • When a new task becomes recurring


The timeline:

Week 1: First task delegated

Week 4: 4 tasks delegated, 20-30% workload transferred

Week 8: 8-10 tasks delegated, 40-50% workload transferred

Month 3: Team member is fully productive, you have significant time back

Standard path: Document everything first, hire at Month 9-14

Bypass path: Document just-in-time, hire Week 1-2, productive by Month 3

Time saved: 6+ months of solo operation. The Just-in-Time Method works when you document right before delegating, not months before.


FAQ: Just-in-Time Documentation Method

Q: How does the Just-in-Time Method help me skip the 6–14 month documentation delay?

A: Instead of writing 65–95 page manuals over 80–120+ hours before hiring, you document each task in about 1 hour right before delegating it, enabling your first hire in Week 1–2 and a fully productive team member by Month 3 instead of Month 9–16.


Q: How much do I lose if I stay stuck in documentation paralysis at $30K–$50K/month?

A: Operators typically lose 6–14 months of capacity, invest 80–120+ hours into documentation no one reads, stall around $32K–$38K, and forfeit $15K–$25K in revenue that an earlier hire would have unlocked.


Q: How do I use the Just-in-Time Method with its 5-step protocol before I bring on my first hire?

A: Each week, pick one high-frequency, low-complexity task, spend 1 hour to record yourself doing it and write a 1-page checklist, then delegate the next occurrence within 24–48 hours and refine the checklist based on the 3–5 questions your hire asks in the first few runs.


Q: When should I start documenting tasks if I’m at $30K–$50K/month and working 50+ hours weekly?

A: Begin in Week 1 by listing 25–35 tasks, scoring them with the Task Documentation Priority Matrix, and documenting the first Level 1 task you’ll delegate this week, not “someday,” so your first delegation happens in Week 1 instead of Month 9–14.


Q: What happens if I insist on documenting everything before delegating anything?

A: You’ll likely produce a 65–95 page manual over 80–120+ hours, delay hiring 8–14 months, see revenue drop toward $32K as you spend 15 hours weekly writing instead of serving clients, and discover your new hire only reads about 12 pages before learning mostly by asking you questions.


Q: How does the Task Documentation Priority Matrix decide what gets full documentation versus a quick screen share?

A: You score each task on frequency, complexity, and impact; 9–11 point tasks (like client onboarding) get full 1-hour documentation, 6–8 point tasks get a 20-minute checklist, 4–5 point tasks get a 5-minute screen share, and 1–3 point tasks get no documentation at all.


Q: When do I know a task’s documentation is “complete” using this system?

A: After 3–5 delegations, questions typically drop from 5 to 0–1; once your hire can run the task with almost no new questions, your Version 2 or 3 checklist and video are effectively complete without you ever guessing edge cases upfront.


Q: What happens to my weekly schedule if I document task-by-task instead of building a full manual?

A: You swap 80–120+ hours of manual writing for about 1 hour per week of just-in-time documentation, and by Week 8 your hire usually handles 40–50% of the workload so you recover 15–22 hours weekly for sales, product, or rest.


Q: How did Kai at $38K/month use this method to hire faster than the standard path?

A: Kai documented scheduling in 55 minutes, delegated it the next day, then repeated the pattern to delegate 8–10 tasks in 8 weeks, freeing 22 hours weekly and growing from $38K to $52K by Month 3–4 while a competitor stayed stuck at $35K for 8 months with a 95-page manual and no hire.


Q: When is it too early to document, even with the Just-in-Time Method?

A: If you’re not hiring this month or can’t delegate a task within 48 hours of documenting it, you should wait, because documentation without immediate delegation quickly slides back into theoretical manuals and the same 6–14 month delay you’re trying to avoid.


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