209 | The Competence Trap: Why Delegation Gets Harder the Better You Are | Leadership, Delegation & Systems with AI Frameworks

She's That Founder: Stop Being The Bottleneck and Lead Smarter with AI · Sep 15, 2026 · 15m

You’re really good at your job.

That might be part of the problem.

You catch the mistake. Rescue the deadline. Fix the client issue. Rewrite the deck. Everyone trusts you because you can handle it.

And somewhere along the way, “she can handle it” becomes the operating model.

You become more indispensable while getting further away from the work only you should be doing.

The Competence Trap

This isn’t another episode telling you to “delegate more.”

Because sometimes we’re holding onto work for a reason that has very little to do with whether someone else is capable of doing it.

Competence…