The Recovering Engineer

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Get Comfortable With Mistakes

The Recovering Engineer

In the next 24 hours, find a way to delegate a task to her that carries some risk of failure because she has not done it before. Family Relationships Leadership Skills Parenting coaching skills performance coaching' Your Now Step: Pick a person on your team who you would like to learn new skills. Stand back and let her do it.

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How to Plan a Wedding Reception in Seven Days

The Recovering Engineer

The lessons from the family decision-making process reveal some great communication, conflict resolution, and leadership lessons; and those are stories for other posts on other days. Yes, my wife is great at organizing and delegating. No amount of ordering and coercing would have gotten the job done.

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How to Plan a Wedding Reception in Seven Days

The Recovering Engineer

The lessons from the family decision-making process reveal some great communication, conflict resolution, and leadership lessons; and those are stories for other posts on other days. Yes, my wife is great at organizing and delegating. No amount of ordering and coercing would have gotten the job done.

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Employee Motivation Tips: Their Personal Life

The Recovering Engineer

In this post, I’m offering a thought to expand the idea that you can look at a person’s hobbies and interests to find clues about what motivates him and then apply that insight as you assign and delegate tasks.