151 Quick Ideas for Delegating and Decision Making

101But I’ll Be Giving Up Power!

Giving up power is one of the common barriers to good delegation—and it is the most irrational. Refusing to delegate actually makes you powerless.

Assignment

Remember this! Your thinking and discipline is the real power source behind your team’s success.

Power does not come from hoarding the work. In fact, thinking you can do it all, and acting along those lines, fails to show that you can lead. And if you’re a manager, you’re expected to lead.

True power in leadership doesn’t come from personally accomplishing the work. It comes from your ability to develop your staff and motivate them to achieve strategic ends. It comes from aligning people’s capabilities with the tasks at hand, and using work opportunities ...