Master Of Delegation Pillows

"No one will ask me for help if I look like I'm about to leave."

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

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

'Had I known Hell was going to be exactly like work, I probably wouldn''t have spent as much time there.'

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

God's Subcontractors

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

"It's all a matter of planning...."

"That's unanimous then - we don't know what to do."

"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.'

"My boss says I intimidate people. . . so I stared at him until he apologized."

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

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

"A 'pregnant pause' is effective only if you've already said something."

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

'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!

Filing Trays.

Proud mother and new maid

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

The Need for Delegation

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

'Unfortunately when our last window of opportunity opened up, we mistakenly crawled out of it rather than into it.'

'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?

"He'll see you now, but I should warn you � he secretly despises you."

"Remember, negotiating is like buying fruit. You don't know what you'll get until you squeeze 'em a bit."

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!'