96What Delegation Is Not
So now that you know what delegation is, let’s talk about what it is not.
Delegation is not abdicating your authority or your responsibility to be accountable. Nor is it about pushing off unfavorable tasks onto subordinate employees. It is also not flexing your “boss muscle” to show that you’re large and in charge and have free reign to order others around.
Delegation is also not about setting others up to fail by delegating tasks to them that you know to be far beyond their capabilities. Neither is delegation about playing favorites and giving the spotlight tasks consistently to only one or two employees, while leaving the others with the unrecognized grunt work.
Unloading, shuffling tasks off to employees when you’re ...
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