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DAVID DOESN’T DELEGATE

Overcoming an Individual’s Immunity to Change

AS ANY EXPERIENCED MANAGER will tell us, being an effective delegator is crucial to using everyone’s time, skills, and knowledge appropriately. Skillful delegation gives everyone a greater chance to grow, and the quality of the work reflects the many talents that have been drawn into its production along the way. Without it, today’s talents go underdeployed, tomorrow’s talents go undeveloped, and some people—especially ineffective delegators themselves—get overused and burned out. A mere peek into the management literature would give us the impression that all a person needs in order to develop the capacity to share work effectively is a good road map and a can-do ...

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