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      KEYZINE: An e-zine for LEADERS:
     ABOUT THE PEOPLE PART OF BUSINESS
                 Volume 66, September 2006
    Publisher: © Key Associates, 2006
              ISSN # 1545-8873
           http://www.mkkey.com

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This Issue: On "Delegation"

This is a monthly electronic magazine for anyone 
who wants to be a better leader, coach, facilitator, 
or simply, to tune up their people skills.  It is a 
complimentary publication, devoted to the next
evolution of Quality Thinking.

View Earlier Issues --See our new website (http://www.mkkey.com) 

Contents:

• What's Hot in Leadership
• Maintaining Yourself as a Leader
• Frequently Asked Questions from Leaders
• Educational Opportunities
• Useful Websites
• Articles/Publications

LETTERS  from "Lincoln on Leadership" (1993)

TO MCCLELLAN (10-13-63):  "This letter is in no sense 
an order."
                 
TO HALLECK (9-13-63): "I hope you will consider it...."

TO BANKS (1-13-64):  "Frame orders, and fix times and
places, for this, and that, according to your own judgment."

TO GRANT (4-30-64):  "If there is anything wanting, 
which is within my power to give, do not fail to let me 
know it."

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WHAT'S HOT IN LEADERSHIP
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TENDING TO THE SOCIAL CONTRACT OF 
RELATIONSHIPS.

VIEWING DELEGATION AS A REQUEST.

EMPOWERING DOERS THOUGH PULL, 
NOT PUSH, STRATEGIES.

SEEING MORE IN OTHERS THAN THEY 
DO, AND DRAWING THEM OUT THROUGH 
THE LANGUAGE OF POSSIBILITY.

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MAINTAINING YOURSELF AS A LEADER
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You extend your power by giving it away.  The 
strongest leaders distribute leadership.  They 
delegate, but without abandonment.  They remain 
in a coaching, supportive role.  

If  you do not trust others to perform at their best, 
then you will have to check up on them, 
control their work, and ultimately do it for them.

However, when you truly believe that others are 
competent, want to do a good job, and are eager to 
learn, this is what your workforce will be like.  
Rosenthal & Jacobson (2003) researched this 
“Pygmalion phenomenon"—which has proved 
repeatedly that if you expect people to do well, 
they will.  It is a self-fulfilling prophecy.  

What you focus on is what you get.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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How should I delegate? 

10.   Provide feedback on the results, but always honor the effort.

For years, many employees have been told 
by superiors, or treated in ways that suggest, 
they are not capable.  This messaging starts 
early in childhood: 85% of what is said to 
children is about what they could not do or how 
what they were doing was wrong.  This leads 
to fearfulness, lack of self-efficacy, powerlessness, 
hopelessness, and a victim posture.  It is better 
for this person to avoid playing to win, for fear 
of losing.

The language of possibility sounds like:

"We'll create it the way we want it."
"No doubt we'll achieve..."
"I see in you..."
"You will run this company some day."

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Courseware for the Art of Delegation
http://www.softskillscourseware.com/delegation.html