Delegation Defier T-Shirts

"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

To do before Saturday...

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

"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."

"I need to clone myself."

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

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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!

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

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

"'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."

The Need for Delegation

Filing Trays.

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

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!!"

Man on treadmill with one leg in a cast.

"THIS looks like a job for ... somebody else."