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Activity: Assess Your Personal Delegating Ability
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Complete the questionnaire below to assess your personal delegating ability.
To find out if you could use help with delegating, ask yourself the following questions:
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Are you working much longer hours than everyone else you know who is doing the same kind of work that you do? |
Yes |
No |
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Are you spending an inordinate amount of time each day on tasks that could easily be delegated such as routine correspondence, non-priority phone calls and later feeling yourself spread too thin? |
Yes |
No |
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Have you been feeling overwhelmed by how much work you must do or as if you are heading for an ulcer? |
Yes |
No |
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Do you doubt you could select competent people to delegate to? |
Yes |
No |
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Do you dwell on past delegating mistakes or disasters? |
Yes |
No |
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Are you a perfectionist? |
Yes |
No |
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Has anyone told you that you always need to be in control – of others, of situations, of tasks, of work or have you ever dreamed or wondered about how life could be more enjoyable if you could do everything yourself? |
Yes |
No |
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Are you unwilling to delegate the responsibility for the entire job along with a specific task? |
Yes |
No |
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Are you missing too many deadlines even though you are working constantly as well as efficiently and effectively because there is simply just too much for you (one person) to do? |
Yes |
No |
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Have you been reprimanded or even fired over the issue of delegating? |
Yes |
No |
If you answered “yes” to one or more of the above questions, you need help with delegating.
Delegating work, responsibility and authority is difficult in a company because it means letting others make decisions which involves spending the owner-manager’s money. At a minimum, you should delegate enough authority to get the work done, to allow assistants to take initiative and to keep the operation moving in your absence. If you answered “yes” to one or more of the above questions, you need help with delegating.