Time Management - Marc Mancini
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<strong>Time</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
Upward<br />
Sideways You Sideways Consultant<br />
Downward<br />
Temp<br />
Employees<br />
Figure 6-1. How can you delegate?<br />
gest that a colleague would be better suited to the task (though<br />
you should clear it with your colleague first).<br />
Delegating upward may be risky; then, again, boldness<br />
mixed with diplomacy can work wonders. Moreover, if the task<br />
is really outside your area of expertise, you’ll be doing everyone<br />
(yourself included) a favor by finding a way to direct it toward<br />
someone better suited.<br />
Delegating upward isn’t always a matter of trying to “pass<br />
the buck” back to someone. Sometimes it’s a matter of finding<br />
a way to pass it forward to someone better equipped to do it. If<br />
someone other than your boss asks you to do something you<br />
really don’t have the authority to do, it’s to everyone’s benefit to<br />
suggest that your boss is probably better suited to the task.<br />
Delegating to your boss is sometimes the smartest thing you<br />
can do.
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