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The Ups and Downs of Delegating

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Do you over-delegate? Do you delegate too much? Are you an absentee manager? Are you a seagull manager? If you under-delegate, you will eventually become over-worked and stressed. If you over-delegate, you are in danger of being held responsible for a huge mess that you had no awareness of.

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Are You Taking Care of Busyness and Working Overtime?

The Practical Leader

These weak leaders manage by activity rather than by results. Author Adam Waytz is a psychologist and the Morris and Alice Kaplan Chair in Ethics and Decision Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Busyness reduces engagement and increases absenteeism.

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Build Your Bottom Line: Accountable Culture in 6 Steps

ExactHire - Leadership

Accountability helps to reduce absenteeism, lower turnover, and minimize time wasted on activities such as social media and office gossip. 4 – Build accountability into your performance management. 5 – Train managers to model accountability and to manage fairly to that outcome. 6 – Reward accountability.

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Align the Scales Correctly for a Better Work-Life Balance

HR Digest

The American Institute of Stress reported that burnout could be linked to unanticipated absenteeism, possibly costing US businesses up to $3.5 If you feel helpless because of a manager, try to schedule a conversation with them or HR if necessary. million annually.

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Steps to Take When You’re Starting to Feel Burned Out

Harvard Business Review

Challenges that were formerly manageable feel insurmountable. The costs to employers include decreased performance, absenteeism, turnover, increased accident risk, lowered morale and commitment, cynicism, and reduced willingness to help others. Delegate the things that aren’t necessary for you to do personally.