Developing Staff through Delegation
In our last blog post we discussed some simple steps towards effective delegation. We've compiled a few extra tips, stories and suggestions to equip you even more in this area of management. "Delegation is difficult. It is perhaps the hardest thing that managers have to do. The problem is getting the balance right between delegating too much or too little and between over- or under-supervision. When you give someone something to do you have to make sure that it gets done. And you have to do that without breathing down his (or her) neck, wasting your time and his, and getting in the way. There has to be trust as well as guidance and supervision." Michael Armstrong, How to be an Even Better Manager, Kogan Page, London, 1988, p. 118. Here's an idea Leadership skills are becoming more important in the workplace - and not just for managers. As organisational structures [...]