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."

"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.'

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

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

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

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

'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!

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."

The Need for Delegation

Filing Trays.

'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."

"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!'

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

"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!!"

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

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

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

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

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