In this series, we’re discussing the art of delegation. The fourth step is establishing an effective organizational structure and then, begin delegating. Bill was the President over five branches. He had the bank divided between retail and commercial. I led the commercial side. Every Monday, Bill assigned me a stack of files and required me to set a date for ...
In this series, we’re identifying four steps to help you delegate some of your work to others. The second step is to teach your team members your guiding principles and expectations. Bill was a bank president known for his clean loan portfolio. He prided himself on having almost zero past due loans. If a loan payment was one day late ...
In this series, we’re identifying four steps to help you delegate some of your work to others. The second step is to teach your team members your guiding principles and expectations. Bill was a bank president known for his clean loan portfolio. He prided himself on having almost zero past due loans. If a loan payment was one day late ...
One of the most basic problems in business is assuring we have the right people in the right positions. Moses was “burned out” judging all the Israelite conflicts. His father-in-law, Jethro, gave him wise counsel in Exodus 18. “Teach them (God’s) decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. ...
In this series, we’ve been discussing how to move towards working 80% of your time in your areas of giftedness. The next step is to determine who will do the work you stop doing. Although it may be costly at first, hiring the right people and delegating will pay off when everyone is focused on their own areas of giftedness. ...
Stephen M.R. Covey in his book, Speed of Trust, wrote, “Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.” Leadership failure comes when a gap exists in character or in competence. Character and competence working together build trust amongst a team and give the leader ...
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