Delegation Defier Gifts

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

'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.'

"Yeah, I got into trouble, but I think the principal really enjoyed my rendition of 'I Did It My Way.'"

God's Subcontractors

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

To do before Saturday...

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

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

'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!

Filing Trays.

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

The Need for Delegation

"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."

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

Do you think I have a problem delegating?

In Tray, Out Tray and Not My Job Tray

"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!'

Man on treadmill with one leg in a cast.

"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!!"

'I really lose patience with people who moan all the time about their supposed 'workloads'.'

"My management style is to hire good employees and then get out of the way while they work."