How to Know If You’re Ready to Hire Help
- Katharine LiMandri

- Aug 14
- 1 min read

Thinking about hiring support but not sure if it’s “time”?
Here’s the truth: You don’t have to be fully booked or drowning in clients to justify help.
But if any of the following hit home, it’s probably past due:
– You’re turning down work because your schedule is maxed
– You’re constantly behind on follow-ups or deliverables
– You’re repeating the same tasks every week
– You’re spending hours doing things outside your zone of genius
– You daydream about just one day without email, Slack, or client pings
If that sounds like you, it’s time to bring in support.
That might look like hiring a VA for admin work, a contractor for fulfillment, or an operations consultant (hi 👋) to clean up the mess behind the scenes.
Because here’s the key: hiring isn’t just about handing off tasks.
It’s about creating space — for you to lead, grow, and breathe.
But — and this is a big one — don’t hire someone into chaos.
If your backend systems are a mess, your new hire will spend more time asking questions and fixing problems than actually helping.
They’ll be just as overwhelmed as you are — and your business won’t actually move forward.
So before you bring someone in, clean up your workflows. Document your processes. Create a few templates. Automate where you can.
Then, when you do hire, they’ll be walking into a clear, functional business — and you’ll finally feel the relief you were hoping for.



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