Quotes About Delegation

To command many is equal as to command few; it's the question of divide.

You have great athletic directors, you let them run it; you keep yourself informed, but I'm not the athletic director. I'm the president of the university.

Don't put too many chefs to work. Sometimes they get too involved in the ingredients and are of no help.

I give people on my team the opportunity to excel as well, and I think that's what continues to keep me ahead. I may not be able to show or do an interview; I give them the opportunity to run the show, and that has been working.

It's so easy to delegate important work to people who are similar in temperament and skill-sets to you, or to promote them. So easy and so wrong.

As an owner, or an owner in training, you must always be alert for the telltale signs that here is a candidate for promotion and delegation.

Not everyone works to get rich. In fact, most people do not. But almost everyone wishes to be respected. With promotion comes respect. And with delegation comes promotion. If your company is young and a bit rickety, meritocracy, delegation and promotion are the bricks and mortar that will make it stronger. Do

Instead of attempting to stay in day-to-day control, I have devised a system where I keep overall control, but do not involve myself in running a business unless I wish to get involved for a particular reason. I use the power of veto instead. By

Do not seek a replica of yourself to delegate to, or to promote. Watch out for this, it is a common error with people setting out to build a company.

There were some smart young boys and girls there, and they grew used to my peripatetic absences. In the interim, they would 'delegate' the work to themselves and often keep those responsibilities when I returned. Yes, I think that was how it happened. It

If you want to get rich, then learn to delegate. Don't learn to pretend to delegate. Delegation is not only a powerful tool, it is the only way to maximise and truly incentivise your most precious asset – the people who work for you. Real delegation can help make you rich. But only if you work at it.

Es que Dios, como Pablo Escobar no mata por mano propia, Él no se ensucia: para eso tiene sus sicarios.

Direction-givers need a 'brain-on', rather than a hands-on attitude.

disregard the old maxim which says, "Do not get others to do that which you can do yourself." My motto, on the other hand, is, "Do not do that which others can do as well.

Uma coisa é ter uma boa ideia; outra é ter confiança em alguém para executá-la", conta.

He must have smart, well-trained people to run day-to-day activities. He must check up on them and make sure the job is getting done while he stacks the deck for future success.

A leader should surround himself with persons who fit his requirements and standards—and then turn them loose to do their jobs.

Because major change requires people across an entire organization to adapt, you as a leader need to resist the reflex reaction of providing people with the answers. Instead, force yourself to transfer, as Roosevelt did, much of the work and problem solving to others. If you don't, real and sustainable change won't occur. In addition, it's risky on a personal level to continue to hold on to the work that should be done by others.

But Welch also thought through another issue before deciding where to concentrate his efforts for the next five years. He asked himself which of the two or three tasks at the top of the list he himself was best suited to undertake. Then he concentrated on that task; the others he delegated. Effective executives try to focus on jobs they'll do especially well. They know that enterprises perform if top management performs—and don't if it doesn't.

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.

It's a proud tradition we have of a diverse representation from the Maryland congressional delegation.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.

John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.

When it comes to transfers, I leave everything with my agent.