Tag: delegation

  • Are You Doing Things or Getting Things Done?

    Are You Doing Things or Getting Things Done?

    You’ve heard before. I know you’ve felt it before. In fact you may have even said it before. No one can do it as well as you can do it. And if you want it done right (the way you think it should be done) then you better go ahead and get your hands dirty…

  • Delegation vs Empowerment

    Delegation vs Empowerment

    Many organizations and people have a tendency to mistakenly use the words “delegation” and “empowerment” interchangeably, thinking that they are basically the same thing. This can become a fatal flaw. We’re not talking about simple nuance or semantics, but differences that will lead you in completely opposite directions. Recently I was in a conversation with…

  • The Downside to delegation

    The Downside to delegation

    Delegation is a necessary evil. It’s an essential skill needed to get tasks accomplished, free up high-level leaders to spend their attention on what is most necessary, and it allows developing leaders to experiment with getting things done. But empowerment is what is really needed to grow the emerging leaders in your organization. There is…

  • 7 qualities of a leader i’ll follow

    7 qualities of a leader i’ll follow

    Like you, I’ve had the opportunity to be around some great leaders, and then again some not so great leaders. What I’ve found is the longer I go the less inclined I am to follow just anyone, even if the “leader-label” has been attached to them somewhere along the line. So what am I looking…