Parenting Delegator Gifts

Stroll a Kid: $10 One Hour, $6 1/2 Hour.

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

God's Subcontractors

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

We're looking for someone who knows how to adapt, not adopt.

"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."

'Here comes your Daddy - Do you want me to do the talking?'

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

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 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!

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

Proud mother and new maid

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

Filing Trays.

'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."

'Only two cookies? What is this -- a quota system?'

"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!!"

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

"At my age I prefer to delegate the blood, sweat and tears."

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

'Perhaps this graph will help you appreciate the jagged mountain range I climbed on my vacation.'

"I don't have scientific breakthroughs. I have people who do that for me."

"That's not a math lesson. That's just some notes to myself."

"I don't get it. I hired him to workout for me every day, and I still haven't lost any weight."

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

'Would you please get Baxter for me?'