Leadership Skill: Delegation
If you don't delegate, you will tend to focus on the higher priority or immediate needs. Lower priority or routine work will tend to get pushed to the side or be accomplished with minimal quality. If left undone, those tasks usually build up and become overwhelming and more stressful when you finally do get to them. If done poorly, you might find yourself later needing to redo them, taking up more of your time.
Two Pitfalls in Delegation - How We Delegate Matters
Leaders must be careful that the way they delegate doesn't counteract the good in delegating. Here are two pitfall that contradict God's ways, requiring that we take measures to avoid going to either extreme.
- maintaining too much control
Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. ... just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Matt. 20:25-28)
- not providing enough accountability
Posts in the Practicum about Delegation:
The Practicum on this site runs the leadership skill of delegating through the grid of the basics of life in Christ like His purpose, design, and mission for the Church as well as the character and power needed to pursue His ways. Applying these truths when delegating will help prevent falling into the pitfalls mentioned above.
- What Does Delegation Have to do with Love?
- Delegation Done Purposefully
- Basis for Delegating
- Lessons about Delegation from Jesus
- Christ-like Goal in Delegating
- What If Jesus Hadn't Delegated?
- Only God Truly Empowers
- Delegation Influenced by the Gospel
- Delegation Influenced by Grace
- Delegation Enveloped in Prayer
- Delegation Because of the Resurrected Jesus
- Leaders' Spiritual Gifting May Affect Delegating
- Who to Delegate to Based on Spiritual Gifts
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