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“I really can’t delegate this. They can’t do it as well as I can. Since I have to fix whatever they do, it’s faster if …
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Leading Has (almost) Nothing To Do With Getting Stuff Done
Growing up, our adults taught us to get our stuff done. “It’s important,” they all said. We learned how to sleep through the night, eat …
The Right Question to Ask After We Have Delegated Something
When we are concerned whether another person can or will follow through on a task she or he has committed to, we often pick the …
Getting People to Do Stuff When What You Really Want to Do Is Knock Heads Together
As leaders (with or without title), we sometimes just want to knock heads together. Where we should be celebrating great results, we see mistakes, reactivity, …
The Choice Between Being the Boss and Being Nice
As leaders (with or without title), we struggle with the choice to be the boss or to be nice. If we choose to be nice, …
Don’t Step In
Someone who becomes a leader of leaders (say, a manager who becomes a director or a small-business owner who has just hired the business’ first …
Guilt and Delegation
As leaders (with or without title), we can sometimes feel guilty for delegating work to others especially when it is work that we have done …
Leading Means Dropping the Ball
People fundamentally want to do a good job, They want to run with the ball. And, as leaders, we often struggle with this. We really …
Delegation Fail
Traditional delegation, whether by telling, pleading, bribing, or manipulating, does not work for very long. That’s because our job is not to get people to …
When Context Isn’t Enough
As we saw, you can get people to do more and more of the right things by helping them understand the context: what your organization …