You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.
But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others.
Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.
I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.
I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.
I trust the people who are working with me. I delegate.
I've always had trouble with authority.
I'm not going to suggest to a delegate at what they ought to do.
I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.