Howard didn’t like the list. The top three tasks I was asking him to delegate were three that he enjoyed the most. He defended, saying these tasks kept his technical skills sharp, kept him in the game.

“Look, Howard, you are a Manager. You are now the coach who cannot step on to the field without getting a penalty flag. Five years ago, it was important for you to keep your skills sharp, to be the expert, to be faster. Your role has changed. The most important thing you can do now is to develop your team, make them faster, sharper. They are your new technical experts. Five years ago, it was important for you to be successful. Now, it is important for you to make your team members successful. If you fail at that, you fail as a Manager.” -TF

P.S. I got an email from a reader who could not find a specific blog that he remembered saving to one of his mail folders. BlogTip. Management Blog is actually a website that you can visit. We have almost 200 postings saved by category and you can even search for a word or phrase. So, if you want to read all the postings on Delegation, just click on the category Delegation Skills and all the related postings will be displayed. Let me know if you have questions. -TF