Delegate Tasks and Trust your Team
teammates or coworkers? Ever feel like you can't give them tasks to do because they just wouldn't do as good a job as you? These are some serious signs that your ego needs reining in. Try placing trust in other people's work – you and your team will benefit from it.
As you move up your career ladder and take on more of a managerial role, conflicts with your ego may emerge. You might have been used to gaining recognition for your work, while your new role might be to oversee the work of others.
Many of us tend to hoard tasks we should really be delegating. Why? Because our ego tells us that we're the only ones who can do them right. By practicing delegation, you'll force yourself to trust and respect the work of others. You'll learn that other people's time might actually be put to better use on the tasks that you used to do, and you'll also see how useful your time can be when dedicated to new things.
If that's not enough to convince you, keep in mind that the costs of refusing to delegate can be pretty hefty; in fact, they can be enough to devastate any business.
Take the story of car manufacturer John DeLorean. He left his job at General Motors to start his own company because he believed he had a better understanding of the car manufacturing business than his bosses at GM. The problem was, he had no substance or expertise to back up his assumption, and this soon became painfully clear.
In his new company, he eschewed the stable top-down responsibility structures that made GM thrive. Instead, DeLorean – and his ego – had to have a say in every single decision, a dictatorial style of management that was unsustainable, to say the least. DeLorean's endeavor eventually failed, ending in bankruptcy.
Delegate Tasks and Trust your Team
teammates or coworkers? Ever feel like you can't give them tasks to do because they just wouldn't do as good a job as you? These are some serious signs that your ego needs reining in. Try placing trust in other people's work – you and your team will benefit from it.
As you move up your career ladder and take on more of a managerial role, conflicts with your ego may emerge. You might have been used to gaining recognition for your work, while your new role might be to oversee the work of others.
Many of us tend to hoard tasks we should really be delegating. Why? Because our ego tells us that we're the only ones who can do them right. By practicing delegation, you'll force yourself to trust and respect the work of others. You'll learn that other people's time might actually be put to better use on the tasks that you used to do, and you'll also see how useful your time can be when dedicated to new things.
If that's not enough to convince you, keep in mind that the costs of refusing to delegate can be pretty hefty; in fact, they can be enough to devastate any business.
Take the story of car manufacturer John DeLorean. He left his job at General Motors to start his own company because he believed he had a better understanding of the car manufacturing business than his bosses at GM. The problem was, he had no substance or expertise to back up his assumption, and this soon became painfully clear.
In his new company, he eschewed the stable top-down responsibility structures that made GM thrive. Instead, DeLorean – and his ego – had to have a say in every single decision, a dictatorial style of management that was unsustainable, to say the least. DeLorean's endeavor eventually failed, ending in bankruptcy.
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