When Delegating Too Much Becomes a Problem
To be a good delegator, first you have to be a systems thinker . Systems thinking consists of understanding how events, behaviors, tasks, problems etc. relate and how they can prevail and sustain over time.
Clara Ma • Issue 23: Delegating as a Chief of Staff
that means it is probably transferable. Leadership demands that you move it down the organizational tree. If there is a known path of the work, and it is repetitive, it can probably be taught. And if someone else can be taught to do it, it might be time to delegate that work, so that you can get back to doing what only you can do: lead.
Henry Cloud • Boundaries for Leaders (Enhanced Edition): Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously In Charge
The reason is the owner doesn’t have the actual skills or knowledge of the tasks that are being delegated.
They often think…
“I’ll hire someone to handle that for me.”
Which is all well and good if you know what metrics or KPIs to watch for.
But, if you don’t know how something is done…
Or you don’t understand the skills involved…
How can you know if... See more
They often think…
“I’ll hire someone to handle that for me.”
Which is all well and good if you know what metrics or KPIs to watch for.
But, if you don’t know how something is done…
Or you don’t understand the skills involved…
How can you know if... See more
Superhuman
managers who over-delegate are likely not close enough to the team’s work, and therefore risk critical failures that result from assigning work that the team is not equipped to handle without support.
Claire Hughes Johnson • Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
As a leader, you’re under-delegating if: