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Delegate or Die

July 10th, 2008 @ 3:55 pm

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Categories: Management, Productivity, Teamwork

Tags: Grave, Delegate, Team Management, Management, CC Holland

If you don’t delegate, you won’t actually kick the bucket. But there are times when doing it all by yourself makes you feel like you’re ready for an early grave, right? It that sounds like you, executive coach Leila Bulling Towne has some advice on how to hand off and let go. Your team might surprise you and do things better than you expect. And it could add years to your life (or at least help save your sanity.)

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CC Holland is an award-winning writer and editor whose work appears in several national publications and Web sites.

 
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    Enrico Pallazzo

    07/11/08 | Reported as spam

    Insightful...

    I particularly thought Tip #1 hit home with me. In the past, I've had difficulties "letting go" because I knew the job wouldn't be done my way.

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    CC Holland

    07/11/08 | Report as spam

    Totally relate

    For a long time my motto was, "If you want something done right, do it yourself." Held me back until I finally realized other people can do things just as well as me -- just differently.

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    David 42

    07/14/08 | Report as spam

    Tip #3 good, but hard

    good ideas on here. I really liked tip#3. but probably the hardest to do. at least for me.

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    Girsang

    07/15/08 | Report as spam

    Tip 2

    Tip 2: When signing the number two, it's much better to hold up two fingers that look like the "victory" sign than hold up two fingers for the "loser" sign.

    Must be a generational thing.

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