LEADERSHIP BLOG
I’ve learned some things since I started delegating as a first-time manager. I’ve had some great “wins” and some “learned that from that mistake” kind of moments. My favorite lesson is not to give up when delegation go awry, because most of the time it’s...
Delegation is great in theory and putting it into play is even better >> and a whole lot harder than we expect! There are several reasons why we might shy away from delegating work to others, even when it is a great theory AND even if it will be better in the end.
Some of the reasons...
In the first blog in this series, I shared a story of the first time I delegated an assignment to one of the members on the team. I thought it was a simple assignment of a task that needed to be done. I didn’t really consider what energized or engaged them. I didn’t really have a clue...
Let’s take a “commercial break” from this series on delegation to highlight an important phrase that is a key to success when delegating: thank you!
“Silent gratitude isn’t much to anyone.”
— Gertrude Stein
Often we are too busy to say those...
When I delegated away my first assignment to someone on my team, I saw it simply as an assignment. Then, I learned that it was so much more than a simple assignment. Effective delegation is a partnership that results in mutual growth.
Last blog I shared that in delegation you can...
If you have been a leader for any length of time you have been delegating. You cannot lead without delegating. You are already doing it -- now how can you get the most of it? The greatest impact of delegating is moving beyond simply getting the tasks done. The power of delegating is found in...
Early in my leadership career, I saw delegation more like giving an assignment. It turns out that the “class assignment” model didn’t work very well for me in the story I started in my first blog in this series. Ultimately my demise was the tension between what I wanted and...
In this blog series, I have been sharing a story early in my career about how I learned to delegate through the eye-opening process of making rookie mistakes. I was unclear on what the employee needed, in fact, I hadn’t even thought to ask. Sadly, it ended in her resignation. I needed to...
Last blog I shared a story of how I failed at delegating early in my career. As it turns out, I ended up humbly accepting the resignation of my employee because of my rookie mistakes. Before I hired her replacement, I knew I needed to make a few adjustments. Delegating is more than giving an...
Where did you learn to delegate? Most of us didn’t have a class in delegation, yet it’s one of the most important tasks of a leader. Leaders must move from getting things done . . . to getting things done through others. A big assumption in that transition is: DELEGATION.
It’s...
I like “short cuts”: making things easy but still useful. The best shortcuts get us to the destination without creating more chaos along the way, right?
I was recently involved in a project with unclear goals and multiple people involved from both inside and outside the organization...
Dion was just coming out of a meeting with his manager. The frazzled look on his face told everyone how that meeting went. Dion was more stressed and more overwhelmed by the meeting. Like all too many meetings, his already lengthy to-do list got longer and his energy got lower. The bounce in his...
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