Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step into Management, Ninth Edition

FAILURE TO DELEGATE

Why do some supervisors fail to delegate as much as they should? The four basic reasons are all psychological in nature.

No Faith in Subordinates

Many supervisors do not see enough potential for success in the people who work for them and, as a result, never give their employees important and difficult assignments. Sometimes this kind of withholding happens because the supervisor has been burned in the past by poor performance; sometimes it is caused by unrealistic standards set by the supervisor. Most supervisors, however, simply lack confidence in the performance possibilities of employees. Unfortunately, this lack of confidence often results in poor performance when the supervisor is forced to delegate. To delegate successfully, ...