You’ve Hired More staff, but you’re still overworked?
I can help you with:
- Naming the patterns behind last-minute scrambles
- Understanding constant checking
- Knowing why you’re carrying it all the workload
I know where you’re at
You’ve grown, brought in paid people, and tried to put systems in place- and yet… it still feels like everything important somehow ends up back with you.
Deadlines go to the wire, key knowledge still lives in someone’s head — often yours and you keep “just checking” things — not because you want control, but because you’re scared of what happens if you don’t.
It can look like a mix of unrelated problems: “we need clearer roles”, “we need more staff”, “we need better systems” that all need fixing, right now.
What you’re actually experiencing isn’t three separate problems– it’s one structural pattern, and these are the symptoms.
When impact outgrows the ways an organisation was originally held, the work stops fitting neatly into roles, systems, and hours — even after a team is in place.
But how’s this costing you?
Research shows over 50% of workers spend up to two hours a day searching for information or clarifying what sits where — time that leaders usually absorb when systems and responsibilities aren’t fully held.
Chronic over-functioning leads to exhaustion, blurred boundaries, and increased sick days — for leaders and teams alike.
Repeatedly fixing the wrong thing slows organisations just as they’re on the cusp of becoming more stable and sustainable.
And eventually, the cost is human. You might lose a staff member — or quietly decide to step away yourself. I know, because that’s exactly what I did.
What leader not lynchpin gives you
The Leader, not Lynchpin Lunch & Learn session helps you recognise that missed follow-through, team burnout signals and “I’ll just do it myself” moments aren’t failures of people or effort; they’re signals that there is a bottleneck where you have ‘become’ the system.
During the session, we make visible where work is quietly defaulting back to you, giving you and your team a shared, non-blaming way to talk about what’s really happening. That alone often lowers the emotional temperature and reduces unnecessary checking — even though it doesn’t solve everything yet.
By the end, you’ll understand the key factors at play and which symptoms are most severe for you and your team, so you can leave thinking, “Oh. It’s not that we’re doing it wrong — it’s that we’ve outgrown how this was built.”
You’ll leave with:
Language for the pattern behind last-minute scrambles and constant checking
Clarity on where pressure is really building, so everything doesn’t feel urgent
Relief from self-blame, by seeing what’s structural, not personal
Confidence to talk to your team about what needs to happen next
Still unsure?
Read what others had to say:
“I thought this was just me not coping very well. Realising it’s a pattern — and a common one — was a huge relief.”
“I thought this was jut me not coping very well. Realising it’s a pattern — and a common one — was a huge relief.”
“This gave us language for something we’d all been feeling but couldn’t name.”
“It helped me stop blaming myself and think more clearly about what the organisation actually needs next.”
Across this work — including supporting 250+ leaders through the School for Social Entrepreneurs and my own facilitation and diagnostic work — I’ve seen the same pattern repeat: impact outgrows current capacity, and leaders quietly become the system.
So you’re ready to make sense of what’s really going on?
Book your place below for the next Leader, Not Lynchpin Lunch & Learn.
If you’re stretched and wondering whether you can spare the time — that’s exactly who this is for.
- 45-minute live session
- Lunchtime, online on zoom
- Small group (max 8 people)
- Free to attend
- No preparation needed- turn up and see if it helps.
What happens when you book: You’ll get a simple confirmation email with the joining link. There’s nothing to prepare and no pressure to do anything afterwards — just come as you are, use this as a space to pause, make sense of what’s happening, and realise you’re not the only one navigating it. We’ll provide you with optional handouts and reflection points afterwards if you want to do further work on this. There is no commitment to doing anything other than the 45mins when you join
Why trust me?
My experience
- I’m Chloe, founder of Lend a Helping Hand CIC.
- I’ve run my own small grassroots organisation — and I know that feeling of working flat out, carrying the mission.
- And I know how you still end the week wondering why the work that needed your brain never happened.
About me
- Over the last 10 years in the social change sector, I’ve seen this pattern again and again: when delivery outgrows capacity, leaders become the default route for decisions, clarity and reassurance.
- The “quick questions” feel harmless in the moment — but over time they create an exhausting machine that leans harder and harder on one person.
- In a sector under constant pressure, that strain can quietly push brilliant organisations (and brilliant humans) to the edge.
Your problems
- I’ve worked with 250+ social change leaders, and when I meet someone whose impact is starting to outpace their capacity, I can usually spot what’s driving the bottleneck — and what small, realistic shifts will start to relieve it.
- Most of what I share comes straight from the hours of 1:1 sessions I’ve spent with social change leaders providing hands on help and tools built in the messy reality of tiny teams, not in a consumer driven big business.