As business owners or leaders, it’s tempting to keep control of everything — but your time is the most valuable resource. Here are 5 admin tasks you should seriously consider delegating:

1. Email management & follow-ups — avoid missing opportunities
2. Meeting scheduling & coordination — no more back-and-forth chaos
3. Expense tracking & invoice processing — keeping finances clean
4. File organisation & version control — always know where things are
5. Basic research & data entry — freeing up mental space

I worked with a boutique consultancy that was losing deals because proposals got delayed. Once I took over proposal formatting, proofreading, and file delivery, their response times improved by 50%.

Delegating these tasks doesn’t mean losing control — it means amplifying your impact.