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THOUGHTS ON

Delegation

“I’m going
from doing
all the work
to having to
“DELEGATION IS “Unless you can delegate the
NOT A BINARY point your nger work—which is
THING. THERE at the man who almost harder
ARE SHADES OF is responsible for me than
GRAY BETWEEN when something
DICTATORSHIP goes wrong, then doing the work
AND ANARCHY.” you have never myself.”
—JURGEN APPELO had anyone really —ALTON BROWN
responsible.”
“FIND PROBLEM AREAS, ADD —HYMAN G. RICKOVER
STRUCTURE AND DELEGATE.
“Believe in
THE PRESSURE IS TO DO THE
REVERSE. RESIST IT.” harmony. Reduce
conlicts. Take
—DONALD RUMSFELD
orders until one day
you give orders.”
“In most cases, —ANG LEE
being a good boss “If you’ve imprinted
means hiring your values on the
talented people people around you,
and then getting then you can dare to
out of their way.” trust them to make the
right moves.”
—TINA FEY —HOWARD SCHULTZ “Don’t tell people
how to do things. Tell
“FOLLOWING ORDERS IS RIGHT. GIVING them what to do and
ORDERS FOR THE WRONG REASON ISN’T.” “Anyone can do any let them surprise you
—ALEKSANDR VOINOV amount of work, with their results.”
provided it isn’t the —GEORGE S. PATTON
“WHEN IN DOUBT, MUMBLE. work he is supposed
WHEN IN TROUBLE, DELEGATE. to be doing at the
WHEN IN CHARGE, PONDER.” moment.” FPG/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES; VICTORIA WILL]/INVISION/AP; FPG/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES; ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES; JAMES TOTTEN/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES;
—JAMES H. BOREN —ROBERT BENCHLEY

“If you have great talents,
industry will improve them.
If you have but moderate
abilities, industry will supply
their de ciency.” FINAL AKG-IMAGES/NEWSCOM; MATT YORK/AP; ANGELA WEISS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP
—JOSHUA REYNOLDS THOUGHT
“The expert horse rider
lets the horse know “YOU SHALL BE IN CHARGE OF MY PALACE, AND ALL MY “The smartest
PEOPLE ARE TO SUBMIT TO YOUR ORDERS. ONLY WITH bosses pick execs
immediately who is in
RESPECT TO THE THRONE WILL I BE GREATER THAN YOU.” who are smarter.”
control but then guides the
—GENESIS 41:40 —MALCOLM FORBES
horse with loose reins and

seldom uses the spurs.” SOURCES: THE ALGONQUIN WITS, BY ROBERT E. DRENNAN; DISCOURSES ON ART, BY JOSHUA REYNOLDS;
THE TIMES BOOK OF QUOTATIONS; #WORKOUT, BY JURGEN APPELO; DARK EDGE OF HONOR,
—SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR BY ALEKSANDR VOINOV; BOSSYPANTS, BY TINA FEY; POUR YOUR HEART INTO IT, BY HOWARD SCHULTZ.
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