Strategic Delegator Gifts

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

"Stop right there! I'm right-brained! Go talk to Ms Yomp!"

'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.

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

"I need to clone myself."

"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."

'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

'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.

'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!

Proud mother and new maid

Filing Trays.

The Need for Delegation

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

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

'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."

'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!!"

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

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

"I'm delegating my New Years Resolutions, you'll be running a marathon in July!"

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

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