No One to Delegate To?

Three reasons managers give for not delegating:

• My staff is too busy
• It’s faster to do it myself
• I don’t trust it will get done right

Three reasons star employees leave a company:

• Lack of development opportunities
• Not enough growth potential
• Lack of recognition

One thing you can do:

Hold a yard sale.

1. List everything you do
   • Mark the stuff you LOVE to do and which you and only you can do with a “K” for keep.
   • Mark the stuff you HATE to do that only you can do with an “K” for keep.
   • Mark the stuff you LOVE to do and which others could do with a “L” for Let Go
   • Mark the stuff others could do with a “Y” for Yardsale.
2. Share entire list with staff and ask who would like what from the Yardsale pile or from the Let Go pile. Make the deal if there is a match between interest and (potential) skill set.
3. Delegate it. Teach them how. Allow an understudy. Do it like your job depended on it. Because it should.

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