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BY FAILING TO DELEGATE YOU FAIL TO PUT YOUR PLAYERS IN THE GAME

Writer's picture: James RuleJames Rule

This player is a Quarterback, the leader of an American Football team.


He has players in front of him that protect him from opposition tacklers. He also has his wide receivers tasked with finding space so he can throw the ball to them and advance his team down the field.

Without these players being on the field with him he is rendered useless. He would have nobody to pass to and would run around in circles until the opposition tackled him.

This sporting scenario would never happen in reality. Yet in industry I see this exact scenario on a regular basis.

Leaders manifest it by refusing to delegate. They try and do everything themselves and in reality do not put their players into the game.

If they do strive to delegate they then micro manage the task to such a level they may as well still be doing it themselves.

Their staff are left disempowered and cannot truly support their leader and organisation.

At best this compromises individual and team performance and at worst

this inability to delegate leads to high staff turnover which in turn further isolates the leader!

To be able to delegate effectively there are three simple steps:

1) Train them - Ensure they have the knowledge and skill to do the job.


2) You have to trust your staff to put them in the game and try and execute the necessary skill.


3) Accept mistakes will be made. Just like in sport nobody will play the perfect game, mistakes will happen. Your job as a leader is helping to embed the learnings from these mistakes to try and minimise their reoccurrence.



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