Most managers delegate, good managers delegate effectively, great managers delegate to improve the employee's skillset. The difference...

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...

A common technique to be able to overcome an internal objection is re-framing. Re-framing essentially means putting a different spin on a...

This may make perfect sense, but it bears explaining - Delegation is more about the future than it is the present. Delegating tasks...

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....

A benefit of delegation is employee development - they learn new skills while freeing you up to do other things (hopefully of higher...

When setting expectations, it is critical to explain the Why. To understand this, it helps to learn a concept called Commander's Intent....

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:...

When delegating a task, managers must set the proper expectations. There may be two key differences. Remember that setting expectations...

When managers are resistant to delegating, I like to do an exercise with them. Particularly if their reason for resisting is that it...

Deciding what to delegate is the first hurdle - deciding to whom you should delegate is the second. Which leads to the second most common...

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...

One thing I’ve noticed with managers, particularly new managers, is that they are excellent at coming up with reasons to not delegate. It...