Your next hire shouldn’t “add capacity.”

It should change how your business operates.

Most founders hire when they feel pressure.

More clients → hire.
More work → hire.
More overwhelm → hire.

But adding headcount without upgrading structure just creates more management.

Here’s the real shift:

Stop asking,
“Who can help me?”

Start asking,
“What responsibility must fully leave my plate?”

That’s the difference between growth and scale.

Growth adds people.
Scale redistributes ownership.

Before you hire, define:

• What decision will I no longer make?
• What metric will they own completely?
• What outcome disappears from my to-do list?

If nothing structurally changes, you didn’t scale.

You just expanded.

If you’re hiring this quarter, don’t just fill a role.

Design leverage.

And if you’re not sure what should leave your plate first — let’s map it out.