{"id":664,"date":"2010-02-04T08:55:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T02:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=664"},"modified":"2010-02-04T08:56:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T02:56:07","slug":"delegating-at-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/delegating-at-the-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Delegating at the office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Strategic productivity is \u201cdoing what you do best and delegate the rest.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>There are so many reasons why people don\u2019t delegate!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; 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margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">They don\u2019t have the right partnership in place so they just do it themselves<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Takes Time\u2026 too difficult to explain<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Had a bad experience so figure it will never work<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Too far behind.. if I get caught up then I will teach person X<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Don\u2019t empower people enough once they delegate the task\u2026 see number 1-which causes conflict<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Have difficulty communicating with others<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; 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