Have you ever had a manager come to you on a Friday
evening and gave you a last minute project that had to be done before you could
leave for the weekend and then he walked out the door to enjoy his? Maybe you have
had a manager that assigned you tasks that belong to her. Well, leading is not
dumping. I don't know how many times I have heard the complaint, "I feel
like I'm being dumped on," or "Why do I have to do their job?"
or “I have been given an assignment with little or no instruction on how to get
it done.”
When leaders dump instead of delegate, it demonstrates
disrespect for the contributions of the team, and it can lead to
dissatisfaction and frustration. Most
good, hard-working people don't mind helping or pitching in to help get a job
done for the good of the entire team and organization. Good leaders will never
assign a task without first explaining what they want done and without making sure
you have the ability to get it done.
Good leaders delegate, they don’t dump!
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