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Delegating to Help The Employee
Most managers delegate, good managers delegate effectively, great managers delegate to improve the employee's skillset. The difference...
Brian Watkins
Mar 11, 20221 min read
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The 30X Rule for Delegation
Delegation is one of the greatest skills a manager has because it not only frees up the manager's time, but it develops the employee. The...
Brian Watkins
Aug 2, 20212 min read
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Re-Frame Delegation
A common technique to be able to overcome an internal objection is re-framing. Re-framing essentially means putting a different spin on a...
Brian Watkins
Jun 1, 20211 min read
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Delegation is About the Future
This may make perfect sense, but it bears explaining - Delegation is more about the future than it is the present. Delegating tasks...
Brian Watkins
Apr 29, 20211 min read
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Who Owns the Delegated Task?
When an employee does work, I have a simple rule - if the work is great, they get the credit. If not great, the manager takes the blame....
Brian Watkins
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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When Delegating, Feedback is Critical
A benefit of delegation is employee development - they learn new skills while freeing you up to do other things (hopefully of higher...
Brian Watkins
Mar 2, 20211 min read
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Commander's Intent
When setting expectations, it is critical to explain the Why. To understand this, it helps to learn a concept called Commander's Intent....
Brian Watkins
Jan 20, 20212 min read
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Manager Serenity Prayer
Many of you have probably heard the Serenity Prayer at some point in your life: I have my own version of the Manager's Serenity Prayer:...
Brian Watkins
Dec 3, 20201 min read
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Setting Expectations When Delegating
When delegating a task, managers must set the proper expectations. There may be two key differences. Remember that setting expectations...
Brian Watkins
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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Do The Math
When managers are resistant to delegating, I like to do an exercise with them. Particularly if their reason for resisting is that it...
Brian Watkins
Sep 17, 20201 min read
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The Worst Reason to Delegate a Task
Deciding what to delegate is the first hurdle - deciding to whom you should delegate is the second. Which leads to the second most common...
Brian Watkins
Sep 16, 20202 min read
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Two Lists: Which Do You Think is Longer?
I have an exercise I like to do with managers regarding delegation. I have them think about the tasks they do (or should be doing) and...
Brian Watkins
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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Stop Thinking of Reasons Not to Delegate
One thing I’ve noticed with managers, particularly new managers, is that they are excellent at coming up with reasons to not delegate. It...
Brian Watkins
Sep 14, 20202 min read
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