Delegation Artist Pillows

'Ah, Williams, are you familiar with the term ‘Poisoned Chalice'?'

'I hate leaving work when I feel I could have delegated more.'

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

"Remember...when the going gets tough...DELEGATE!"

God's Subcontractors

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

Two Ways out of Iraq.

"Give a man a job, and he'll work all day. Teach a man to delegate, and he'll take the rest of the day off."

"Never do today what someone else can do tomorrow."

'As my subordinate, naturally I expect you to take the heat on things that otherwise would make me uncomfortable.'

Oh sure, unload it on me to do it/Out.

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

"Just put that in my, 'I'll get to it when I can, I'm only human' pile."

Man with cat on the end of fishing rod, catching fish.

'I'll need some people to boss around.'

'The boss is taking me along for a working vacation. I'll be doing his work while he has fun.'

'I start my day by making a list of everything I need to do . . . and who I can get to do it for me.'

"I learned early, if at first you don't succeed, delegate."

Bring It On!

The Need for Delegation

No need for you to read this. You seem to have got it to a fine art.

'You won't need a desk since you'll be delegating everything.'

Obama's Tribute Hiroshima

"I'm going to need your room cleaned by end-of-day."

"'Time management' is an essential executive skill. . . I spent the first hour on a Monday morning the delegating tasks and the rest of the week napping."

Filing Trays.

'In the ineterest of overcoming my reluctance to delegate, starting Monday i want you to do all my worrying for me.'

"It started with a simple case of peer review."

In Tray, Out Tray and Not My Job Tray

Do you think I have a problem delegating?

"The best way to tackle a big project is to break it down into small pieces that you can then pester other people into doing for you."

"Find out who's on vacation and then add this stuff to the workload on his desk."

'Bill, we've decided to send you back to the minors for a while so you can brush up on your delegating!'

"Change my spots...? No, that's never crossed my mind!! I guess if I really had to, then that's definitely something I'd outsource!!"

"Can I add just one more project to your workload?"