The hire that stops every decision landing on you.

Dominic Monkhouse30 April 2026

So you’ve made some senior hires. 

Head of ops, sales, whatever. Good CVs. Good energy…

And somehow your week just got longer. Why?

It’s because they still bring the hard decisions to you. Still need you to referee conflict between functions. Still need you to approve the plan.

So you end up with a leadership team on paper and a business that runs through you in practice.

That’s the wrong kind of hire.

There’s a different type of hire that changes this. I’m not talking about another functional head, but a peer-level operator who runs the week with you. 

Someone who can take weight off, make calls without you and disagree with you in front of the team without flinching.

That’s the hire. Not Head of X, but a grown-up you can lean on. 

In my latest video, I break down:

• The one hire I mean, and why the job title is irrelevant
• The three mistakes founders make before they get it right 
• Five questions that tell you whether the person in front of you is actually the one
• And three rules for the first 90 days so you don’t break the hire after you’ve made it

If you’re the bottleneck, you’re capping your multiple every quarter you stay there. 

Buyers pay more when the company runs without the founder, and they pay less when you’re stuck in the middle of everything.

Book a free discovery call with Dominic

Related Videos