Delegation & Decisions

When you reach a point in your business where you are juggling too many balls and you begin to drop them. When you want to free yourself of work in areas…

Thought Tweet #810 What decision-making lesson do you learn from people who procrastinate or change their minds? The Thinking Behind the Tweet What comes…

Thought Tweet #810.5 What things affect a person's ability to be accountable in business? The Thinking Behind The Tweet What criteria drive the need for…

When we empower people to think and take action and we expect them to put that empowerment to good use, what sort of action are we trying to delegate? Are we…

One dictionary definition of Delegation is: ' empowering another to act '. Another dictionary defines Delegation as: ' appointing someone else to act on your…

You believe “ This task needs to be done perfectly and no one can do it as well as I can .” [perfectionism] You lack confidence in the employee's ability to…

Thought Tweet #799.5 Delegation , decisiveness , and discipline . Blend them. Have a great business. (Yes, call me " old-fashioned ".) The Thinking Behind…

Thought Tweet #791.5 Delegation: responsibility & authority flow from you to the employee; accountability flows from the employee to you. The Thinking Behind…

Thought Tweet #790.5 Do you test your Decisions against the Values you hold? The Thinking Behind The Tweet You will find decision-making becomes easier and…

Thought Tweet #788.5 Delegation is like walking a tightrope: a slip-up can bring you down and failure to step gets you nowhere. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Thought Tweet #782.5 What are your Top 10 decision-making gizmos? [Oh...don't tell me you do not have any!] The Thinking Behind The Tweet Take Talents To…

Consider the decisions made at your business: Are decisions made quickly? Do decisions receive attention and quality input from many people? Are decisions…

How To Delegate Some thoughts: With the overall corporate best interest in mind, who should do the task? Consider ‘bang for the buck’: particularly, the…

Dealing with Other People: Making Business Decisions People are social creatures: we live with one another, we live near one another in community, and we…

Thought Tweet #670 Stepping from excelling at execution to excelling at delegating it...one giant leap for business growth. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Stephen Covey teaches ' The 7 Habits of Highly effective People '. Covey's Habit #2 is ' Begin with the End in Mind '. In summary - know where you want to go…

Thought Tweet #557 Very tough to make good decisions by consensus; very tough to implement good decisions without buy-in. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Best…

Thought Tweet #544 About Decisions: as a general rule, avoid making them when you are stressed or pressed The Thinking Behind The Tweet Only on rare…

The Entrepreneurial Dilemma: how to delegate [or institutionalize] the entrepreneur's deal-doing insight . True entrepreneurs have deal-doing insight . They…

Reduce the number of mistakes you make. If you write out simple procedures and follow them when you do repetitive, boring-but-important tasks then you will…

Take the time out to think... Apparently, Julius Caesar said, " Under my tent in the fiercest struggle of war I have always found time to think of many other…

Thought Tweet #462 Many people find it much easier to choose from options (a),(b),&(c) than to create their own option. The Thinking Behind The Tweet There…

Thought Tweet #444 Strike while the iron is hot...Yes! - but first, learn how to recognize the signs of heat. The Thinking Behind The Tweet 'Strike while the…

We are complex creatures...I mean, People are complex creatures . We want autonomy. We want freedom. We want decision-making authority. We want to be able to…

Thought Tweet #426 It ain't 'empowerment', it's 'un-entanglement'. The Thinking Behind The Tweet We often hear advice like, " You should empower your people…

Thought Tweet #419 " Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it ." #ReneDescartes The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

The word Process annoys many people. Some feel Process locks them in closets and beats down their independence. Actually, the exact opposite is true. So…

My second boss taught me `The Golden Rule`. He explained it this way: He who carries the gold makes the rules . Some people might have been annoyed…

Thought Tweet #357 Winners embrace ownership of task. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Winners are self-starters and they embrace delegation and…

Sales Tweet #313 We’d rather hear less-than-perfect decisions than questions, which absolutely delay Buyer’s decisions. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet…