Ever feel like your entire day is back-to-back firefighting—and none of it is actually your job?

You're not alone.

Stop blaming your schedule.
If you’re buried in approvals and firefighting, you don’t need a better calendar.
You need a clearer role.

Here’s what I see all the time with Directors and VPs:

Your calendar is full by 9am.
You’re answering questions your team should solve.
You’re mediating squabbles.
Triple-checking work because you don’t trust it’ll get done right.
Invited to every meeting—because you’re the fallback for decisions.

By noon, you’re completely reactive.
The strategic work you’re actually paid to do?
Still waiting at 6pm.

But this isn’t a time problem.
It’s a role problem.

Your job becomes a Frankenstein of priorities, wishlist items, and "can you just" tasks no one else owns.
Your role has no clear edges, so you’re stuck reacting.

A time audit only rearranges the chaos.
A Role Audit fixes it at the root.

And it’s not as simple as “just delegate,” is it?
If you’re like most of my clients, you know you should let go. But you hold on for good reasons:

• Because you’re the expert—and you don’t want things done halfway.

• Because mistakes feel costly and you can’t afford rework.

• Because it’s faster to do it yourself than explain it all.

• Because you’re not sure your team is ready to take full ownership.

That’s real.

A Role Audit isn’t about pushing work downhill.
It’s about designing clear ownership so your team knows exactly what they’re responsible for, when they need to bring you in, and what success looks like without you micromanaging.

It’s how you stop being the bottleneck—so they can step up, and you can lead.

How do you actually audit your role?
It’s not about dumping work you don’t want.

It’s about untangling what’s become a Frankenstein monster of priorities, wishlist items, reorg leftovers, and "can you just" tasks that no one else wants to own.

These questions are just a starting point:

• What only you should be doing?
  

• What work needs to be delegated—but with clearer expectations and support?
  

• What can be automated or templatized so decisions aren’t reinvented every time?
  

• What doesn’t need to be done at all?
  

A real Role Audit goes much deeper.
It’s about seeing the mess for what it is, cutting through the noise, and designing the clear edges that make ownership possible—for you and your team.

When you do this work, you don’t just free up time.
You create clarity that turns firefighting into leadership.

This is exactly what the Be the CEO of Your Area Workshop is designed for.
It’s not another motivational talk.
It’s a hands-on reset to clarify roles, reduce firefighting, and build a system of ownership your team can actually run.

If this resonates, drop a comment below.

Or DM me if you want to talk about bringing this to your team.

(Based on insights from my upcoming book, Be the CEO of Your Area.)

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