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Effective Delegation Part 3 – What You MUST Delegate If You Want Your Business To Grow
- This is one of my most important posts. It was originally posted 12/4/2014, updated 9/14/2021. And now it has been slightly updated 9/12/2022. As part of my on-going series about the art and science of effective delegation, and in response to questions I have been asked, I have developed the following Top 10 List: […] Read More
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Effective Delegation vs. Abdication – Part 2
- Originally posted 12/6/2013, extensively revised 8/8/2022 (revisions are in Italics) Why You Say You Don’t Want To Delegate? I’ve surveyed many clients over the years, and the top reasons I have heard for not delegating are: It will take too much time I can’t afford the time to train someone to do this No one […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business from The Boston Pops – Part 2
- Originally posted 7/31/2014, revised 4/1/2022. About two weeks ago I went to a wonderful Boston Pops concert at Tanglewood. While enjoying the concert, my mind wondered to business, and I had two Blinding Flashes of the Obvious (BFOs). My first BFO was the subject of Part 1 of this post, that a well-run business is like […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business From The Boston Pops – Part 1
- Originally posted 7/15/2014, revised 2/2/2022. While at Tanglewood on a summer evening for a wonderful Boston Pops Orchestra concert under the baton of conductor Keith Lockhart, I started thinking (as I often do) about business. It was then that a very powerful analogy struck me … a successful business is analogous to a symphonic orchestra. An […] Read More
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Would I Fire My Client If I Owned His Company?
- Originally posted 10/10/2014, revised 1/6/2022. During a coaching session the other day, one of my clients asked me a very interesting question. To paraphrase his question –> given his shortcoming number one, and shortcoming number two, and etc., “if you (meaning me) owned my (meaning his) company and I was your employee, would you fire […] Read More
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Effective Delegation Part 3 – What You MUST Delegate If You Want Your Business To Grow
- Originally posted 12/4/2014, revised 9/14/2021. As part of my on-going series about the art and science of effective delegation, and in response to questions I have been asked, I have developed the following Top 10 List: The Top 10 Items You MUST Delegate Activities that will speed up your cash flow – This includes collection […] Read More
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Effective Delegation vs. Abdication – Part 4
- Originally posted 2/3/2015, updated 8/23/2021. As part of my on-going series about the art and science of effective delegation, I will discuss two topics in this blog; The prerequisites of effective delegation and how to prepare to delegate. The Key Prerequisites of Effective Delegation There are several essential items you should address before delegating a […] Read More
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Can You Afford To Abdicate?
- Originally posted 2/9/2015, revised 7/28/2021. Abdication cost New York City more than $700 million for one project. How much could abdication cost you? New York City’s Department of Investigations (DOI) released a report late last week about the $1.3 billion (original estimate) project to overhaul the NYC 911 emergency dispatch system. The report, which is […] Read More
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2015 Business Excellence Forum – Blinding Flashes of the Obvious – Part 1
- Originally posted 4/6/2015. Last month I attended the 2015 North American Business Excellence Forum (#BEF2015) and Awards. I am proud that my client, the Winthrop University Hospital Department of Pediatrics won the 2015 Best Not-For-Profit Business Excellence Award for the combination of their STAR Program for children with special needs, their DOWN program for children […] Read More
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Effective Delegation vs. Abdication – Part 1
- Originally posted 11/30/2012, revised 2/11/2021. I’ve been thinking about what it takes to effectively delegate rather than abdicate in business, and actually life. Unfortunately, I have seen far too many troubled businesses due to failure to delegate. There are many facets to this subject, so I plan to split it up into sub-topics. Some of […] Read More
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