Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Diana Peterson-More shared The Dialogue of Delegation: Be Focused and Intentional. Diana explains: “The ability to delegate is a key leadership competency. As challenging and even daunting as delegation may be, if the delegator communicates strategically, clearly, concisely, and intentionally, it makes the job easier.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Simon 268

Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 14, 2019

Personal responsibility can’t be delegated or outsourced. Duncan: What’s your advice for people who are tempted to take shortcuts on ethics? Finally, protect your reputation and your honor like it’s the most important asset that you have—because it is. If you’re not responsible for your actions, who is?

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Advice Short-term Follow-up Ethics 77

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

Failure to meet them could be interpreted as having a poor work ethic or being incompetent. Not understanding why, I took their advice and scheduled two separate demos: the Flemish delegation at 10 AM and the French delegation at 2 PM later that day. Other cultures perceive time as cyclical and endless. Patience is key.

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Delegation Efficiency Learning-by-Doing Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Friedman acknowledged that shareholders might have ethical concerns, but he implicitly assumed that a company’s profit and social objectives are separable. In all representative democracies most decisions are delegated to representatives, who are elected on the basis of their stated preferences about important social issues.

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Proposal Objective Ethics Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Delegating? Controversy and conflict about what needs to get done and how to do it was replaced with the ambiguity of politeness, political correctness, and efforts to not offend. Seeing the big picture? Mapping out detailed project plans? Thus an interest in productivity gave way to process and procedures.

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Management Cooper Short-term Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

Gay bashing was not politically incorrect. The business books would advise me to micromanage less, delegate more. These issues a) aren't as academically fascinating to us as corporate ethics and finance, b) are messy, and c) often hit too close to home. There was no talk of gay marriage. Few openly gay icons existed.

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