Delegate
Definition: A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative
sent to a conference. Entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.
Number of Quotes: 9
I have never compared myself to my managers ... although I have made some big financial decisions
on my own and decided on new investments, I have never involved myself in managerial decisions.
Gianni Agnelli
Guidelines for bureaucrats: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.
James Boren
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for the Emperor can actually do nothing.
Bertolt Brecht
If you are having as much fun running a big corporation as you did running a piece of it,
then you are probably interfering too much with the people who really make it happen.
James E. Burke
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.
André Gide
Big things and little things are my job. Middle level management can be delegated.
Konosuke Matsushita
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and
don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.
Ronald Reagan
Do not delegate an assignment and then attempt to manage it yourself - you will make an enemy of the overruled subordinate.
Wess Roberts
There is no indispensable man.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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