Category Archive: Delegation

How To Effectively Delegate

Posted by on August 15, 2014

We all fight the battle over investing the time in others vs. just doing the work ourselves.  Sometimes its just a control thing and we don’t want to let go.  Nothing gives you more margin as a leader than learning how to delegate.  John Maxwell drives home this point:

“When it comes to delegation, many employees identify with Wile E. Coyote. One moment they feel like they’re succeeding on the job, and then suddenly their supervisor drops a huge assignment on them, out of nowhere, offering little instruction on how to complete it.”

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Learning How To Follow Up

Posted by on March 12, 2014

I am great at starting things and not so good at finishing them.  When working in a team environment I can easily delegate but rarely build in feedback loops to ensure the project will be successful.  Brad Lomenick gives us some very practical tools to resolve this problem:

“As all of us know, when dealing with other people, other organizations, and other teams, many times the project or initiative bogs down because “you haven’t heard back from him” or “she never emailed me to confirm” or “I’m still waiting on them to send over a fax” or “I called and left a message, but don’t want to bother them again.”

This is a very big deal for every leader.  Read More …