Delegation Expert Gifts

'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."

"Finally the cat's away, and I get stuck with the Davidson account."

Man with two in trays on his desk asks man with two out trays; 'Shouldn't one of those be mine?'

God's Subcontractors

'Never put off till tomorrow what you can delegate today.'

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

"Do you want the boss or somebody who knows what they are talking about?"

"This is a problem."

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

"Look, if it's just a matter of collating get one of the clerks to do it."

"On this management course they said that to get through your work you need to concentrate on just one thing at a time!"

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

'I put too much faith in those who don't deserve it. I call it self confidence.'

'These days I prefer to delegate the blood, sweat and tears.'

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

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

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

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

'Gunboat diplomacy won't work, sire -- we're landlocked, remember?'

"Look! Other people. We'll have to develop a foreign policy!"

"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.'

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

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

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

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

'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.'

Bring It On!

Filing Trays.

The Need for Delegation

"Hitler Stalin pact in the Arabian jackal desert"

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