As defined by Entrepreneur.com, delegation is "the assignment to others of the authority for particular functions, tasks and decisions." It sounds fairly simple, but why is it so hard to do?
Small business owners are often guilty of failing to delegate in fear that other employees could make a mistake. However, as a business grows, it becomes necessary to delegate. As explained in the video above, delegation produces the following advantages:
- Increase in productivity
- Decrease in business risk
- Reduction of stress
Some business owners frown upon delegation sine it takes time to train the employees who will be taking over the responsibilities. While that is true, time will actually be saved in the long run because more of the business owner's time will be freed up, which would allow he or she to further focus on new ideas and opportunities.
D.L. Moody once said, "You can do the work of ten men, or get ten men to do the work."
Which option do you choose for your business?
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Delegation
If I could manage to accomplish the ten tasks D.L. Moody notes and those were the only tasks I would ever need to accomplish, I would then choose to do the tasks personally and avoid the payroll liabilities. But...... if I were to choose to grow past the initial ten task requirements, I would need to have delegated the first few, hence freeing up time for me to address the newly presenting (and potentially delegatable) tasks.
This may have been why Jesus decided to teach us to fish, instead of just feeding us. He may have had future plans also (ha,ha).
- Thomas Anthony
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