How to Add Motivation to Your Delegating
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The Secret Step: Asking the delegatee for ideas regarding the assigned task.
Four reasons why your delegatee may have an unanticipated but valuable contribution to make
1) Your delegatee may have performed a similar task in the past for someone who knew something different (and valuable)
2) Your delegatee may be just creative enough to originate a valuable suggestion that you had not thought of
3) Your delegatee sees the task from a different vantage point than you do and may have a better sense of how to tackle the task in the most efficient manner
4) Your delegatee will be motivated by the respect you show in asking, whether you accept a suggestion or not.
Caveat: It’s OK to say no. Asking for suggestions does not mean you must accept them. Your delegatee will appreciate your asking (and your consideration) even if you decide in your particular circumstances to proceed differently (perhaps as you originally intended).
Try it – our (Edge International) research indicates it works!!
This has been proven by neuroscience, Gerry. No one need take it on faith as we can measure what the brain does when asked as opposed to told. There is gold in the field of neuroscience for managing, mentoring, client development, client relations, and much more.
I have linked to several resources here:
http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2006/10/seems_about_hal.html
Both the webinar and the article on the neuroscience of leadership are excellent.
Liked you idea. I think its time to try one of the photos I did in the studio for you last time you were here. I fogot that I had done them til I was looking for files I will need in Anguilla. If interested I will bring them down,but thought I gave you a cd with the files before you left here> Please advise Miss you both and happy thanksgiving Kirk and Beverley.