Episode 82 - Delegating is Smart for You

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It’s healthy for everyone when the boss delegates. The number one reason managers fail is because they don’t delegate. They try to do all the important things themselves.

Let me out it this way: Parents who do everything for their children raise them to be spoiled, selfish, dependent, and afraid to make commitments. Psychologists know – and you do, too – that to raise strong, confident, success-oriented kids, the parents have to let them grow by doing for themselves. It’s the same dynamic in your workplace. To raise strong, confident, success-oriented employees, you have to let them grow by doing for themselves.

Carole Black, the first woman president and CEO of Lifetime, the popular cable TV network was quoted in Town and Country magazine as saying, “The biggest realization I’ve had is that you cannot do everything, and delegating a lot to other people who are tremendously capable gives them an opportunity to grow. I call other people and say, ‘Here’s the situation. What do you think?’ Basically, you have to realize that almost everything’s solvable except death and illness…” End quote.

The truth is, if you’ve been at your job for a long time, no one knows how to do it exactly like you do. If they know how to do it better than you, then get them to teach you. If they don’t know how to do it as well as you, then educate them. And the smartest way to do either is to delegate.

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Episode 82 - Delegating is Smart for You

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