Being great in the field does not automatically make leading easy

Lot of trades leaders started as great technicians.

They knew the work.
They knew the customers.
They knew how to solve the problem in front of them.

But leading a company is a different challenge.

In Get Sh!t Done, Hope for the Trades founder talks about the transition from doing the work to leading the work. That shift requires a different mindset, different processes, and a different approach.

At some point, leaders have to stop being the person who carries everything and start building people, systems, culture, operations, and metrics that can carry the business forward.

What was the hardest part of moving from doing the work to leading the work?