LETTING-GO MENTORING
You became the bottleneck because you're good at everything. The 6-month mentoring to let go on schedule.
Letting-Go Mentoring from Ivanka Menken is a 6-month 1:1 mentoring programme priced at AUD $1,500 per month ex GST for founders of $500K to $3M businesses who became the bottleneck by being good at hiring, leading meetings, and conflict resolution. Ivanka Menken, co-founder of The Art of Service, uses the fortnightly session structure plus a scorecard that tracks commitments-kept-on-delegation so letting-go moves from intention to measurable release in 6 months.
Email three decisions you keep pulling backSOUND FAMILIAR?
Signs your strengths have become the bottleneck
- You“Everyone brings conflict to me”
- You“I keep interviewing because I'm good at it”
- You“I always end up re-doing what I delegated”
- You“I lead every meeting because they go better when I do”
- You“My team can't make a decision without me”
Every line on this map is a handover waiting to happen.
THE PATTERN
5 signs you are the bottleneck because you're too good
Each one is a strength that turned into a dependency. Each one names a handover.
- 1Conflict resolutionConflict travels up to you instead of being settled where it starts
- 2HiringYou still sit in every hiring interview, because you are good at it
- 3Doing it properlyWork you delegated comes back to your desk, and you redo it
- 4Running meetingsMeetings only run well when you lead them
- 5JudgementDecisions wait in a queue until you are free
LETTING GO ON SCHEDULE
12 sessions of 60 minutes, one handover each
Live on Zoom, once a fortnight, over 6 months. Short messages between sessions are answered within two working days.
- 1Handover
- 2Handover
- 3Handover
- 4Handover
- 5Handover
- 6Month 3 review
- 7Handover
- 8Handover
- 9Handover
- 10Handover
- 11Handover
- 12Month 6 review
Inside each session
- 1The one thingThe one task you will let go of this fortnight.
- 2The numbersThe hours it takes from you each week, and what it earns.
- 3The storyThe story you are telling yourself about why you keep it.
- 4The commitmentOne written commitment to hand it over for 14 days.
THE DELEGATION METRIC
Commitments kept
Held
Handovers still with your team two weeks later.
Came back
Handovers that returned to you. They become the next session's topic.
Once a month the founder fills in the scorecard, including commitments kept on delegation, reviewed with Ivanka at month 3 and month 6.
Ivanka’s accountability sessions were a game-changer. Her blend of tough love and empathetic guidance kept me focused, aligned, and on track to surpass our growth targets by 25%.
Founder
THE INVESTMENT
AUD $1,500
per month ex GST · 6 months · 12 handovers
Three founding places, in return for honest monthly feedback and a testimonial, which can be anonymous. GST is added at checkout.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Questions about Letting-Go Mentoring
What is Letting-Go Mentoring?
Letting-Go Mentoring is a 1:1 programme from Ivanka Menken for founders who became the bottleneck by being good at too many things. Over 6 months of fortnightly 60-minute sessions, you hand over one task each fortnight and track whether it stays handed over. It costs AUD $1,500/month ex GST, with three founding places at AUD $1,000/month.
How much does Letting-Go Mentoring cost?
Letting-Go Mentoring costs AUD $1,500/month ex GST for 6 months, which is AUD $9,000 ex GST in total. Three founding places are available at AUD $1,000/month ex GST, in return for honest monthly feedback and a testimonial, which can be anonymous. Ivanka Menken takes payment through Stripe, and GST is added at checkout.
Who is Letting-Go Mentoring for?
Ivanka Menken designed Letting-Go Mentoring for founders of $500K to $3M businesses where hiring, conflict, meetings and decisions all still run through the founder. If your team waits for you and the work you delegate keeps coming back, 6 months of fortnightly sessions at AUD $1,500/month ex GST is built for that.
What is the commitments-kept scorecard metric?
Each fortnight in Letting-Go Mentoring you make one written commitment to hand a task over. The scorecard counts how many of those commitments held and flags any delegation that came back to you. Ivanka Menken reviews the count with you every month and at months 3 and 6. It is part of the AUD $1,500/month fee, over 6 months.
How does Ivanka Menken track delegation?
In Letting-Go Mentoring, Ivanka Menken tracks delegation through your own record: the task you committed to hand over, the date, and whether it was still with your team two weeks later. Anything that reverted becomes the next session's topic. Over 6 months at AUD $1,500/month ex GST, that record shows which handovers actually stuck.
Is this therapy or coaching?
Neither therapy nor open-ended coaching. Letting-Go Mentoring is structured mentoring: Ivanka Menken asks the questions, shares her own experience of building a business across 160+ countries, and holds you to one written commitment each fortnight for 6 months. It is not a done-for-you fix. The fee is AUD $1,500/month ex GST.
What is a founding place?
A founding place is one of the first three spots in Letting-Go Mentoring. It costs AUD $1,000/month ex GST instead of AUD $1,500/month for the same 6 months, in return for honest monthly feedback to Ivanka Menken and a testimonial at the end, which can be anonymous. Once three are taken, the founding rate closes.
YOUR FIRST HANDOVER