Leadership Skill-No Delegation No Development

It’s hard for me to let loose.  If that is your attitude then get ready to be drained. Let me confess it was hard for me to let people in my team to take up responsibilities.  I thought that I can accomplish better than others not trusting them. Yes my struggle was delegating work which is a key leadership skill.

Another drawback in my leadership was my attitude to continue the same old people in accomplishing the task. I never risked finding new people for a new mission. Yes an attitude for getting things done and done correctly by steady and mature personalities. But slowly it began to dawn that I am treading a path that would be burdensome for me soon.

 I realized that I am killing myself by not delegating, doing too much and breaking the laws of nature and burning the candle on both the ends. There were many helpers willing but under-utilized and off course people under-served. A point to reckon that where there is no delegation there is no development.  Also a status where there were no secondary leadership being built.

The only hope to get back to productivity would be to recognize the abilities and limitations of other people and bring them to the job best suited for them. The ground rule for delegating a task would be that we must not try to take back the responsibility and authority we have given them in spite of their failures.

Yes it’s hard to delegate but let me say that delegation is not dumping the job that you don’t want to act upon but it is a form of discipleship with instruction and trust. Hope you would develop this Leadership skill and get great things accomplished by delegating.

Andy

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