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The Trouble with Control

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Jen Shirkani : I write about the damage done when, as leaders, we don’t fully allow employees to have control over their tasks, projects or budgets. And it’s not just the nemesis of new, inexperience managers who are nervous and learning to use their delegation skills. But no one will admit to being one of them.

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Why Aren't You Delegating?

Harvard Business Review

But there is: delegation. Delegation is a critical skill. Delegation benefits managers, direct reports, and organizations. A 2007 study on time management found that close to half of the 332 companies surveyed were concerned about their employees' delegation skills. Understand why you're not delegating.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Team building must be part of the corporate Vision first, not as a series of exercises delegated to trainers. Review of material, taking notes, seeking supplementary materials and questing to learn additionally must occur. Periodically, the material is reviewed. Accept Our Pet Project. Information. Procedural.

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Make Sure Your Team’s Workload Is Divided Fairly

Harvard Business Review

It’s tempting to give the workhorse more projects than others (especially if she’ll get them done the fastest) or to ease up on someone who is struggling, but you also need to be fair. Delegating work to your team may sound like a straightforward task of management, but, in fact, it’s complicated. Who are my players?

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Stop Procrastinating.Now

Harvard Business Review

As soon as you get the project, chunk it down into a few manageable segments that you can complete in sequence," Amabile advises. And achieving them is much easier than trying to barrel through a complex project. Setting deadlines also makes sure the project doesn't get buried. Case study #1: Know why.

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How to Manage a Perfectionist

Harvard Business Review

The bad news is that he fixates on every facet of a project and can't set priorities. They tend to be impatient with or hypercritical of others and they're not good at delegating. "On Don't give them projects that they will struggle to complete or roles that will cause them to spin out. Case Study #1: Find a better job fit.

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How to Manage an Insecure Employee

Harvard Business Review

“When someone doesn’t have the confidence to be proactive or to take on what you’re asking them to take on, you can’t just delegate and move on,” she says. ” She recommends initially giving your insecure worker “ narrow, concrete types of projects ” with well-defined deliverables.