Quotes About Delegation

Because his [Damien Hirst] art is idea art - art drawn on the back of cigarette packets and beer mats, roughed out in airport departure lounges and the back of the taxis, usually delegated to and carried by others - this leaves Damien a lot of time for what might loosely be called socializing. Hanging around.

I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.

Journalists ask me all the time, 'Akshay, do you believe in the numbers game?' My standard response: 'I can't count, that's why I have producers and accountants who calculate for me. As long as I have them in my life, I don't need to worry about numbers!'

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.

I know a few CEOs who delegate the understanding of their financials and their business metrics to the CFO, and then stop worrying about all that 'numbers stuff.' Don't do that. You have to know your numbers inside and out - they are your life blood.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

Fire Yourself. Outsource some of your life. Because you know what won't be cute on a tombstone? 'Her grind was impeccable, and she did it all by herself.'

When you're at the top you have to know how to delegate without putting the fear of God into people.

Whenever you have a job to do ask yourself two questions. If not now, when? If not by me, by whom?

If a manager spends more than 10 percent of his time on "human relations" the group is probably too large.

You cannot do everything by yourself, you need to learn how to delegate responsibility and trust people that everything will be done on time and with highest quality

When you manage people, you must first convince them they need managing. So you create the problems and then let the people cry for solutions.

But effectively delegating to others is perhaps the single most powerful high-leverage activity there is.

Management is essentially moving the fulcrum over, and the key to effective management is delegation.

In the final analysis, effective delegation takes the emotional courage to allow, to one degree or another, others to make some mistakes on our own time, money, and good name. This courage consists of patience, self-control, faith in others and in their potential, and respect for individual differences.

Stewardship delegation is focused on results instead of methods.

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

When a boss becomes the first assistant to each of his subordinates, he can greatly increase his span of control.

effectively delegating to others is perhaps the single most powerful high-leverage activity there is.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. —George S. Patton

took several years of gaining perspective before I understood the wisdom of the CEO's words. There are three reasons he was right: • It's impossible to do everything yourself all the time. • If you manage it once, you raise unrealistic expectations from those around you. • Once you fail to meet expectations, it is very difficult to regain credibility.

I rely on people who can deliver.

I just put people together. I just identified jobs that have to be filled. And then I have to go out and find the right people and make sure they talk to each other. So I'm the beneficiary of good things that other people do. I get credit for that. If they don't do a good job, I get the blame for it.

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.