Delegation or Escape? (Pt. 2)
In a former article I wrote about Delegation vs. Abdication, I discussed how the difference between productive “delegation” and weak “abdication” came down to two things: 1. EMPOWERING and remaining invested in an assignment for an employee, show you care and are there to help to the best of your ability VS. 2. ESCAPING a responsibility; simply dishing off an assignment and not providing much in the way of support for who you assigned the task to.To favor the power of delegation, at Amazon Web Services (AWS), we were always encouraged to create mechanisms. Simply, a “mechanism” here is a […]
Delegation or Escape?
Some years ago, while me and my pastor were “breaking the rules” of Christendom (i.e. taking our children “trick or treating” while sipping our bottles of Mike’s hard lemonade), I took advantage of the opportunity to complain to him about the shortcomings of those around me. Namely my complaint was that those about me didn’t run with the assignments I delegated to them and instead would put in periodic efforts to meet the minimum expectation and then hope that I would forget or worst yet, acknowledge the request and then ignore it, which frustrated me. What makes a “Good Leader?” Being […]
Strong Ethos or “Squished Like Grape?”
Strong Ethos or “Squished Like Grape?” What is your ethical appeal? Are you believable or not? Do you have your own personal interests top of mind, or are you equally interested in the goodwill of your customers or your audience? Those with a strong Ethos are credible, trustworthy, knowledgeable and appeal to their audience. Alternatively, those with a weak Ethos are unconvincing and struggle to win buy in with even the least of proposals. What’s interesting is that, hearkening to previous thoughts and posts, I emphasized the paradox of how people can very well come across as credible, while deceiving […]