At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders at all levels grappled with never-before-experienced challenges, and decisions generally came down from the top about how organizations would respond. Employees looked to leadership to clarify ambiguity and provide direction. Now, as …
Martin de Porres was one of the few people in this world who did not have to delegate. As a 15th-century Peruvian saint known to bilocate, he probably found existing in two places at once to be very helpful in …
What would you say if you learned that the President of the United States was approving the schedule for the White House tennis courts? Is this a good use of his time? Is this operating at the right level? Does …
Delegating effectively is not only an important tool for developing others, it’s also key to achieving results in a leadership position. As an individual contributor, one has to be self-reliant, completing tasks autonomously and relying on one’s own technical expertise …
A previous blog post, On Delegation: A Lens for Assessing Strategic Leadership, extolled the virtues of delegation in terms of its ability to simultaneously free up valuable time while developing the skills of the next generation of leaders. The importance of …
No, ‘masterful activity’ isn’t a term used to describe the art of watching football all day on Sunday. Although, thanks to NFL Red Zone, it could be. Actually, it’s a phrase that was used by Lord Melbourne, Queen Victoria’s favorite …
In a previous post , we discussed the central role which delegation plays in strategic leadership (see illustration below). We stated that among its many effects on business, delegation frees time for executives to lead at a strategic level through …
Somewhere about 10,000 years ago, some Ancient Leader invented delegation in order to get a large set of tasks done that he couldn’t do himself. It must have been quite a breakthrough at the time. Probably spread like wildfire throughout …
The formula for developing high potential candidates into leaders can be broken into two steps: giving them challenging assignments, and then giving them the latitude to accomplish them. Affording high potentials the space and choice they need to grow is …
