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Quotes About Delegation

Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
~ Sun Tzu
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did.
~ Ulysses S. Grant
Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?' 'Why not?' Luxa said. 'Four can be as stupid as ten. No need to crowd the room.' Ripred laughed. 'You know, I think you an I are going to get on famously.
~ Suzanne Collins
It is an eternal truth that men receive more pay for their ABILITY TO GET OTHERS TO PERFORM, than they could possibly earn by their own efforts.
~ Napoleon Hill
The leader who fears that one of his followers may take his position is practically sure to realize that fear sooner or later. The able leader trains understudies to whom he may delegate, at will, any of the details of his position. Only in this way may a leader multiply himself and prepare himself to be at many places, and give attention to many things at one time.
~ Napoleon Hill
that if you need something urgently done, give the task to the busiest (or second busiest) person in the office.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Hace tiempo descubrí que, si construyes un arenero alrededor de un niño dominante y permites que ese niño lo presida, los adultos pueden dedicarse al trabajo de verdad.
~ Neal Shusterman
In Adrenaline Mob, I'm not the leader, but I'm on the board of directors, and that's OK. I'm not stressing out over every detail. I'm sharing the load.
~ Mike Portnoy
Sometimes command means letting those under you do their jobs
~ Kirsten Beyer
Sometimes command means letting those under you do their jobd
~ Kirsten Beyer
Sometimes command means letting those under you do their job
~ Kirsten Beyer
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
~ Carlos Ghosn
The biggest lesson was that if you were clear about what you wanted as leaders and then let people give it to you without tying their hands behind their backs, you got it.
~ Carmine Gallo
I don't design cars. I'm not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result is, the horsepower, the competition we'll be working against - but I leave it to the people who work with me to put it all together. I don't do anything.
~ Caroll Shelby
God has delegated to us--to all of us--a profound responsibility for what is happening all around us and for the care and wise stewardship of all creation.
~ Carolyn Custis James
When God created human beings in his 'image' and 'likeness,' he was designating us as his representatives on the earth. Instead of running things directly himself, he chose us as his intermediaries to run things here in this world. As his image bearers, we speak and act on his behalf.
~ Carolyn Custis James
Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
~ Casey Stengel
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
~ George S. Patton
If you are a good leader, Who talks little, They will say, When your work is done, And your aim fulfilled, "We did it ourselves." - Lao Tse
~ Gerald M. Weinberg
Don't do anything that someone else can do for you because there are only so many things that only you can do.
~ Jinger Heath
No matter how much a man can do, no matter how engaging his personality may be, he will not advance far in business if he cannot work through others.
~ John Craig
If at first you don't succeed, pay someone else to do it for you.
~ Author unknown, c. 1990s
a leader should never delegate that which he had not done before and done well.
~ J. R. Ward