- How do you get other people to do what needs to be done?
- How do you make time and space in your diary to do the things that only you can do?
- How do you manage to escape doing those aspects of the job that you don’t like or find hard?
Delegation of course.
But what if your team, the pool of people available to delegate to, is just like you? Similar personalities and temperaments. Similar preferences and skills.
If you fall into this trap then those things that you want to delegate – they are likely to want to delegate too. The jobs that you hate – they will hate too. delegation becomes a difficult, risky and painful process.
If on the other hand you have a diverse team with a wide variety of skills and preferences then it is likely that you will find someone to delegate to who will enjoy the new work.
By recruiting a team with diverse skills and preferences you will make delegation much more straightforward.