3 Reasons To Delegate More

The power of delegation shared by Darren Poke.

Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, once said, “No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.”

He understood that learning how to delegate effectively is one of the keys to being a great leader.

It’s not a skill that comes naturally to me and I’ve seen a lot of other leaders who struggle with it as well.

But if you want to become a better leader, with more proficient people around you and a team that’s achieving brilliant results, you need to learn how to delegate.

Here are three reasons why:

1. You can’t do it all yourself – You may be capable and I’m sure that you’re a hard worker, but there are only so many hours in a day and days in a week.  Sometimes, you need to delegate some of the more trivial tasks to others so that you can focus on the more important ones.

The people you delegate to may not do it the same way as you, or even as effectively, but by moving some of the work from your desk, you increase your opportunity to do more work that matters.

In addition, I’ve seen many leaders who are hesitant to delegate tasks because they know that it means they will have time to focus on the more strategic elements of their role.  Sometimes, we like having excuses for not doing the work that we know we should.  If you’re a leader, it’s time to overcome your fear, step it up a notch and delegate more so that you can spend more time providing the vision, energy and direction that your group needs.

Read more via the Better Life Coaching Blog by Darren Poke