Quotes about Delegation

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.

Never learn to do anything: if you don't learn, you'll always find someone else to do it for you.

When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders

the leader must 1) avoid getting swamped in detail; 2) not be petty; 3) not be pompous; 4) know how to select people to fit the task; 5) trust others to do a job without the leader's meddling; 6) be capable of clear decisions; 7) inspire confidence.

The degree to which a leader is able to delegate work is a measure of his success. A one-person office can never grow larger than the load one person can carry. Failing