How I Stopped Being the Bottleneck and Built a Team of Heroes Instead — Sara Wilson
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Sara Wilson discusses her journey in home care and the importance of building a strong team to scale her organization.
In this episode of Home Care Hindsight, David Knack sits down with Sara Wilson, CEO and President of Home Assist Health, to discuss her lifelong journey in home care and the biggest lesson she's learned while scaling her organization. Sara shares her unique origin story, raised in the industry as her parents helped establish one of Arizona's first Medicaid waiver agencies, and how she eventually found her way back to the family business after a brief stint in corporate America. The conversation pivots to the core mistake that many successful founders make: holding on too tightly. Sara openly discusses her identity as an "organic growth entrepreneur" and how her need to be involved in every detail became a liability as the company grew. She explains the difference between being the "hero" in the early stages and creating "heroes" on her team during the growth stage. They explore the vulnerability required to let go, the importance of hiring people who are better than you, and how data-driven dashboards can provide the confidence needed to step back and let your team run. Lesson Takeaways: 1. In the early stages of a company, being deeply involved in everything is necessary…
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