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If You Want It Done Right, You Don't Have to Do It Yourself!
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Delegation is one of the most important skills a manager can master. Successful delegation positively effects an organization at every level, growing confidence among employees and efficiency among managers. If You Want It Done Right, You Don't Have to Do It Yourself! is a wonderful reminder of how rewarding it can be when even the most complicated tasks are successfully delegated and completed.
Author Donna Genett, identifies six steps that should be used when delegating a task. I found most of the steps to be techniques I used when delegating. What impressed me was the deliberate order of the steps and two steps specifically jumped out. The first step, prepare beforehand and the fourth, define the level of authority he or she is to use with this task. Too often I found myself delegating tasks in a panic because the workload was just too much. By taking time to prepare I have been able to be more concise and assured in my instructions. As far as defining the level of authority, well this was just a light bulb for me! By being more clear on how much responsibility I was giving, the levels of frustration fell and the confidence rose. A win - win situation!
If You Want It Done Right, You Don't Have to Do It Yourself! gives you a roadmap to effective delegation. It was incredibly simple to read taking me less than an hour to complete. Even the title makes you think about the misconception so many managers have that we simply cannot depend on others to do what needs to be done. The book narratively describes a managers "come to Jesus" moment when he realizes the problem is actually his own thus he has the ability to change it.
Don't miss this book! It provides you with a simple method that can be followed each and every time you delegate or are delegated to! The book even comes with a handy desk card referencing The Six Steps to Effective Delegation.
For more information on this book, visit www.wantitdoneright.com
In this delightful, quick to read, business management allegory, Donna M. Genett, Ph.D., uses an entertaining narrative about identical cousins, James and Jones, to introduce her successful six-step program for effective delegation.
Whether you are the one delegating or the one being delegated to, implementing these six steps is guaranteed to lighten your workload and give you more time to focus on what's really important-on and off the job.
Psychologist Donna M. Genett, Ph.D., is an organization development consultant and the president of GenCorp Consulting, a national consulting firm. She has devoted the past fifteen years to making a significant, positive impact on organizations and the professional lives of the people in them.
The focus of her consulting practice is on enhancing performance, productivity, and profitability through systems approaches. Her specialty areas include executive coaching; team performance enhancement; organizational design and structuring; process evaluation, documentation, and improvement; strategic planning; succession planning; and training and development.
Dr. Genett's upbeat, fast-paced talks and seminars on leadership, delegation, managerial effectiveness, and team building are as entertaining as they are information packed.
Her extensive client list has included Boeing, Weyerhaeuser, Port of Seattle, Nextel, International Paper, and Seattle's Best Coffee.
ISBN: 1884956327
Format: Hardcover, 112pp
Pub. Date: August, 2003
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
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Nationally-recognized author, speaker and corporate trainer, Jeni Herberger leverages 18 years experience within the design industry providing others with practical strategies on doing business better and living life fuller.
"I want to take the opportunity to share with you just a few of the books I believe hold philosophies and practices that enhance our lives. Besides that, you just can't beat a good book!"
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