This book is a great reminder that business leaders don’t have to do everything themselves. Ridge shares lessons from his time leading WD-40, with a strong focus on trust, culture, giving people responsibility and creating an environment where others can step up and succeed.

If your instinct is always “I’ll just do it myself” because it feels quicker or you think nobody will do it quite as well, you become the bottleneck. Good delegation is not about handing off jobs you don’t want to do. It is about giving people the opportunity, responsibility and support to grow, while freeing you up to focus on the things only you can do.