Managers Escalating Decisions to Owner: Why It Keeps Happening and How to Fix It

A business owner at a conference table with managers presenting problems for approval.

You hired managers so you could stop making every decision. But somehow, the decisions keep coming back to you. A pricing question. A scheduling conflict. A customer complaint that your team lead doesn’t feel empowered to resolve. Managers escalating decisions to owner is one of the most common complaints from small business owners and one … Read more