Task Delegator Gifts

"This is when we will involve Procurement so they can do the boring stuff for us..."

"Here's a list of errands to do for me when you take your personal day tomorrow."

'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.'

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

Organization is not rocket science!

God's Subcontractors

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

"Your husband has finally learned to delegate...."

"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."

"I need to clone myself."

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

Five Ideas For Success: Always finish what you. . .

Monday around 9PM.

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

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

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

"I don't understand, having a pulmonary embolism isn't on his to do list!"

"Congratulations, Figbert. I'm making you Vice President in charge of my wife's Honey-Do-List."

'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."

Attack of the 50 foot administrative professional.

Bring It On!

My new boss is a real multitaskmaster!

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

Filing Trays.

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

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.'

'I asked for a report on the long and short of it, Henderson - This only addresses the breadth and depth.'

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."