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Building a Foundation

for E ective Delegating

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re you spending more time “doing” and less

time managing?

If you always seem to have too much ru-

dimentary work to do, or if you fi nd yourself on the

job nights and weekends trying to keep up with end-

less lower-level administrative tasks, assigning some

of your work to staff members could help you free up

some time for other higher-level activities, such as

prepping for an important board meeting or policy

development.

If you are delegating but you’re regularly inter-

rupted by direct reports who have questions about

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