CHAPTER 11DELEGATION: GIVING IT TO GEORGEAND GEORGINA TO DO
“To be good is noble, but to teach others how to begood is nobler—and much less trouble.”
—MARK TWAIN
Subordinates are clever. If you don’t watch out, they’ll delegate their work to you. They do it so deftly you stagger away without knowing what hit you.
This upward delegation is double murder to time managers because (1) it keeps them from assigning work that should be delegated, and (2) they walk away with the added burden of their employee’s work.
Here’s how it happens. You walk down the hall and meet subordinate Andy Morrison. “Good morning,” Andy says. “By the way, we’ve got a problem. You see …”
He explains it. You know (1) enough about the project to get worried, but (2) not enough ...
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