Hanging on and Letting Go: The Art of Real Delegation
Tom McConalogue
€15.00 PB
ISBN 9781842181195 216x138mm January 2008
If managing is all about getting things done through others, then how is it that managers end up doing so many things themselves? Hanging On and Letting Go: The Art of Real Delegation is about learning to trust your staff so they can do their job and you can do yours. Getting the very best from staff is not just about giving them more tasks; it is about letting go of real responsibility for results. Trust is critical in delegation. In the absence of trust you never let go of responsibility, and yet, how can you trust people if you are unwilling to let go?
Delegation is about hanging onto what you want to let go of - responsibility
And letting go of what you want to hang onto - control
As much an art as a science, delegation cannot be distilled into a neat set of principles or axioms. In a practical way this book seeks to examine how managers can hone their people management skills. It also suggests ways in which managers can make time to develop relationships sufficient to let go of real responsibility to their staff. While proposing that managers should start by looking at their own functions and style, the book examines a host of methods and techniques for bringing out the very best in others.
Tom McConalogue is a management and organisation development consultant. His interests include helping individuals, groups and organisations to pursue their personal ambitions and strategic challenges and taking ownership for those changes. Tom also runs in-house programmes on time management, communications, delegation and change management. He has published numerous articles on management and change and is the author of Eat the Elephants and Fight the Ants: How to Take More Control of Your Time (Blackhall Publishing) and Dealing with Change: Lessons for Irish Managers (Oak Tree Press).
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