Delegation Survivor T-Shirts

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

'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.'

God's Subcontractors

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

"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."

"I need to clone myself."

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

"Sorry, I'm preaching again. Why don't we pause for a moment while I pass around the collection plate."

'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

"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'?'

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

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

'And in conclusion.'

That's not the reaction I was going for. Let me try to put a different spin on it.

'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!

"'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."

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

Filing Trays.

Frank was famous for his anti-inflammatory rhetoric.

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

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

The Need for Delegation

'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."

'My new year's resolution is to stay home next new year's eve.'

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