
side and getting them over to the management side, so that they
stop trying to tell you how to do your job.”
The second inhibitor was the new managers’personal prefer-
ences. One said that delegation went against her nature. Another
made this astute observation:
I had to put fifteen years of experience behind me. For
three months at least I behaved just like a producer. I think al-
most all new managers must do it initially. Whether they make
it depends on how long it takes them to realize and step back.
Even though they were wearing themselves out trying to re-
main technical experts, the managers found it easier to rely upon
habit and what they kne