Sat.Sep 24, 2011 - Fri.Sep 30, 2011

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The 3 Core Elements of Delegation

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Without delegation no organization can function effectively. Yet, lack of courage to delegate properly, and the knowledge of how to do it, is one of the most general causes of failure in organizations. —Lester Urwick, Elements of Administration. Every time you delegate work to a teammate, three inescapable core elements of delegation are in play. Authority , responsibility , and accountability form an integrated process and must be applied by you as a unified whole.

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Leading: Sharing Accountability

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Uncertainty necessitates the need for finding more wisdom within our organizations. This can only be accomplished by creating a leadership mindset throughout the entire organization. It is shared accountability. Any leader that thinks that they can do it alone is indulging their own ego. James Champy and Nitin Nohria cautioned us not to assume that no one else on the premises can match our own ambition, competence, and vision.

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2011 Compilation

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Here are a selection of tweets from September 2011 that you might have missed: @stevefarber: Want to solve the leadership crisis? Make a commitment to helping each other to help each other. @TheEconomist: How good are business schools at teaching globalisation? Not very, says one IESE professor. “Power may corrupt, but absolute power corrupts a lot less than partial power,” says Lucy Kellaway.

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