Fumbling the Ball: Four Common Mistakes Made When Delegating
Published: Tue, 01/30/18
Fumbling the Ball: Four Common Mistakes Made When Delegating
In a recent episode of the T.V. series Stranger Things, the four main characters, all young boys, show up at school on Halloween dressed as Ghostbusters. The problem is, two have dressed as Bill Murray's character. When they argue about it, one boy tells the other, "We decided I would be Venkmann!" and the other responds, "You decided that. I didn't."
This immediately made me think
about delegation, the art of sharing responsibility with team members by handing off some of your work to them.
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