You’ve hired an assistant before. It didn’t stick. And if you’re honest, you’re not totally sure why.
Host Samantha C. Prestidge of Auxo Business Services breaks down the three areas of clarity founders need to have in place before they bring on an assistant — and why skipping them is almost always what tanks the working relationship.
This solo episode gets into why even strong assistants fail when founders aren’t ready, the difference between delegating tasks and delegating outcomes, and the Map It → Keep It → Delegate It framework Sam uses with her own clients.
Topic Bullets
- Why building SOPs before you hire is the wrong starting point — and what to do instead
- The “cart before the horse” pattern that ends most assistant relationships early
- What “how you want to play in your business” actually means — and why founders who skip it become micromanagers
- How to write a value statement that ties your assistant’s work to real business outcomes, not just your to-do list
- When “I can’t grow because I’m at capacity” is actually a clarity problem, not a bandwidth one
- The Map It, Keep It, Delegate It framework
- Book a delegation strategy session: auxosvs.com/strategy
Timestamps
- 00:00 Hidden Expectations
00:21 Podcast Mission
01:49 Delegation Failures
03:31 Skip The SOP Trap
04:52 Three Clarity Areas
05:08 Map What Youre Building
07:18 Keep Your Founder Role
09:13 Delegate Outcomes Not Tasks
11:49 Map Keep Delegate Framework
12:27 Book A Strategy Session