Idea 38: Delegate, delegate, delegate
The more important your job, the more you need to delegate. The pressures and demands on your time are too great even if you had 48 hours in your day and not 24. Montgomery (Idea 35) was able to have time to think because he delegated all operational business to his corps commanders and all staff or administrative business to his very able chief-of-staff. That is how it should be.
So, what qualities must you have to be a good delegator? There are five main tips:
- Choose the right staff.
- Train them.
- Take care in briefing them, and ensuring their understanding of the ‘why’ and ‘how to’ of tasks delegated to them (and impart to them an understanding of business aims and policies).
- Try not to interfere – stand ...
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