Quotes on Delegation?

Boojumhunter

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May 15, 2001, 7:15:08 AM5/15/01

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Any good quotes on the art of delegating?

Jim Elbrecht

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May 15, 2001, 3:02:44 PM5/15/01

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Boojumhunter <Boojum...@spamouthome.com> wrote:

>Any good quotes on the art of delegating?

Rule #1 taught in NCO school;

"You can delegate authority, but you can't delegate responsibility."

Jim

Lemming

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May 15, 2001, 3:49:04 PM5/15/01

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In the last episode, Jim Elbrecht <elbr...@email.com> wrote:

>"You can delegate authority, but you can't delegate responsibility."

Ah, would that my manager had learned this, before he handed me
responsibility but no authority all those years ago. That was truly
the "Worst job I *ever* had".

ObQuote:

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate
authority, and don't interfere.
-- Ronald Reagan

Lemming
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Curiosity *may* have killed Schrödinger's cat.

Steve Ingerson

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May 15, 2001, 10:32:48 PM5/15/01

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in article 3B010E79...@spamouthome.com, Boojumhunter at
Boojum...@spamouthome.com wrote on 5/15/01 6:15 AM:

> Any good quotes on the art of delegating?

You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.
Stephen W. Comiskey

When your schedule leaves you brain-drained and stressed to exhaustion, it's
time to give up something. Delegate. Say "No." Be brutal. It's like cleaning
out a closet--after a while, it gets easier to get rid of things. You
discover that you really didn't need them anyway.
Marilyn Ruman

Boojumhunter

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May 16, 2001, 6:31:07 AM5/16/01

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Boojumhunter wrote:
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> Any good quotes on the art of delegating?

Thanks for the contributions.

Jim Elbrecht

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May 16, 2001, 2:16:00 PM5/16/01

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Steve Ingerson <ssing...@home.com> wrote:
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>You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.
>Stephen W. Comiskey

I wonder if Comiskey picked it up from [more or less] the same source
I did. [USMC NCO School, 1970]

On his website, http://www.agoodlawyer.com/, he has among his
accomplishments "Special Counsel, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, 1976.
Chief Trial Counsel, Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South
Carolina, 1976-1978." and "Major, USMC: Aviation, 1969-1973".

OTOH-- it has probably been a maxim since about a week after someone
delegated something that went awry.

Jim
OB a-q;
I don't know of any type of business where the development of good
systems for the purpose of delegating authority with a minimum of
errors, is not crucial.
Robert Ringer in _Winning Through Intimidation_

Morgan Lewis

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May 20, 2001, 5:24:46 PM5/20/01

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Boojumhunter wrote:
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> Any good quotes on the art of delegating?

MODESITT, LELAND EXTON, JR. (Unk.-Present, Science fiction and fantasy
author)
Rule three hundred of obscure leadership: if it's your idea, you get
to implement it.
{Fall of Angels, 1996}
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Graham J Weeks

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May 25, 2001, 5:32:03 PM5/25/01

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Boojumhunter wrote:

> Any good quotes on the art of delegating?

Any set of social and economic arrangements which is not founded on the
acceptance of individual responsibility will do nothing but harm. We are
all responsible for our own actions. We cannot blame society if we
disobey the law. We simply cannot delegate the exercise of mercy and
generosity to others.
Margaret Thatcher, speech to the Church of Scotland General Assembly,
21.5.88

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