7 THE DELEGATION MINDSET
The shift from a ‘do’ to a ‘get done’ mentality is a big one and an essential part of becoming a delegator. Staying in the get done, rather than the do, mindset is a habit as well as a skill. Reverting to a ‘doing’ frame of mind means that one sinks into the detail of sweating the small stuff, head down, hard at work. Being responsible for getting things done, is different: it means facilitating others to do the work through recruitment, selection, training, coaching, follow up and feedback.
There are many analogies I could slip in here: conductor of an orchestra, ballet teacher, football manager, baseball coach. They all have one thing in common: they are not in the limelight, their team does the work that gets noticed, ...
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