In writing a recent post for my other blog
about planning and delegation, I fell into a set of 4 principles that define how to delegate successfully. The principles are Responsibility, Accountability, Trust, Success or RATS.
Here is the excerpt from that post:
But in reality, delegation in leadership is not about getting other people to do the work. It is about leadership development. It is about participatory ownership.
Delegation is not dumping the work on someone, and watching to see whether they succeed or fail. Delegation is assigning responsibility, developing accountability, building trust and engineering success…Continue Reading