Help for the Overworked Committee Member Have you ever heard your president, secretary or committee member say? “I have too much on my plate – can’t get around to that”? You may have heard your boss, or the general manager say: too “I’m busy”. Maybe they are too busy. But maybe they much practice in delegating the third of the four Ds: haven’t had – DROP DELAY DELEGATE; and DO Delegate or Drop If you are president or a you that your a ‘flat-out’ ‘snowed under’ secretary, this pamphlet will remind committee you no one is indispensable! won’t collapse if don’t do everything – This resource highlights some common sense steps to ensuring your workload will be lighter, that your group have the and that it will be seen as an effective team. won’t members who just ‘make up numbers’ Delegation we do it? Do you hesitate to delegate for any of the following reasons? We all say it’s vital, so why don’t you want something done right, does it “If yourself.” are too many problems in getting others to do it might as well do it “There – myself.” like palming off the dirty work to “I don’t others.” like fronting up to people if they mess up a job I have given “I don’t them.” want to “I don’t appear bossy.” like doing some things myself I the chance for “I – reckon I’ve earned recognition.” too long to explain how to do it. I just want to get on and do the “It takes job.” if you have to get others to do the “I think you’re weak job.” Does delegation sometimes fail? Of course and usually when we prepare properly. – it’s don’t DELEGATION = PROPER PREPARATION
Help for the Overworked Committee Member Have you ever heard your president, secretary or committee member say? “I have too much on my plate – can’t get around to that”? You may have heard your boss, or the general manager say: “I’m too busy”. Maybe they are too busy. But maybe they haven’t had much practice in delegating – the third of the four Ds: DROP DELAY DELEGATE; and DO Delegate or Drop If you are a ‘flat-out’ president or a ‘snowed under’ secretary, this pamphlet will remind you that your committee won’t collapse if you don’t do everything – no one is indispensable! This resource highlights some common sense steps to ensuring your workload will be lighter, that your group won’t have members who just ‘make up the numbers’ and that it will be seen as an effective team. Delegation We all say it’s vital, so why don’t we do it? Do you hesitate to delegate for any of the following reasons? “If you want something done right, does it yourself.” “There are too many problems in getting others to do it – might as well do it myself.” “I don’t like palming off the dirty work to others.” “I don’t like fronting up to people if they mess up a job I have given them.” “I don’t want to appear bossy.” “I like doing some things myself – I reckon I’ve earned the chance for recognition.” “It takes too long to explain how to do it. I just want to get on and do the job.” “I think you’re weak if you have to get others to do the job.” Does delegation sometimes fail? Of course – and it’s usually when we don’t prepare properly. DELEGATION = PROPER PREPARATION
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