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Answer You - Management by Delegation - Frying Pan, Fire or Neither?
Businesses eager to open often give little thought to their identity. With so much to get done, designing an appropriate logo hardly seems like a top priority. However, this oversight can prove to be a costly error in the long run.While it's admirable to let your uncle's wife's cousin take a crack at designing your logo, it might not be
This is the 'Neither'. You get the job done right, by the person whose job it is to get it right and then you are freed up to do more of this.
Thus building a team of capable, fulfilled and 'motivated to learn more' individuals.
No Frying Pan, no Fire and Neither of you feel bad about it.
In fact, everything is a bit ro
"Manage from the bottom up; not just from the top down; this creates personal commitment and accountability." - Bryce's LawINTRODUCTIONA couple of months ago we started a free service to analyze a person's style of management. Through our "Bryce Management Analysis," a manager answers a series of questions (30 in a
And then it's fixed, and you feel a rosy glow all about how you've 'helped'. But who is this about, you or them.
You see, it can be so frustrating, for someone already frustrated, when some smart-ass boss comes along to show their superiority. In fact, after it's fixed, all they get is a general feeling of inadequacy. And more frustration.
And next time they have the same problem, They can't remember what they did because you did it so fast, in such a smart-assed sort of way. They either need to wait for you to pass by again or, well, struggle again.
As a boss, it's easy to do something that you know how to do. In fact it's a big psychological boost to your little own sense of self, when you've achieved something that someone else is struggling with. So it's a 'nice' feeling to be better at something when someone else isn't.
It's not your fault, in fact it's not even an action you think consciously about, it just happens that way.
And with some bosses, it happens often. I know, I've done it myself. It comes out of another emotion too. It comes out of a sense of 'helping' someone in distress - it's the 'knight in shining armour' thing. And it feels good.
Yet, it has a big downside. Getting someone else out of their 'frying pan' gets you into another 'fire'. Because if you get so good at fixing other people's problems, that's what they'll expect of you. And wait for you to do it.
So, you frustrate the hell out of them because you fix things for them all the time and then they start waiting for you to be the problem-solver. Your 'fixing' everything starts to pile up on you. You then get frustrated with them because you have such 'useless' employees around you.
I wonder why!
So, here's a way to try. For someone struggling with something, however small, use the 4S Method.
Show
Supervise
Stand Back
Succeed
This means that you Show them how to do something, then you watch them and Supervise as they do it, maybe they get it wrong - if so, let them analyse why. Stand Back whilst they at last Succeed - and then get it right forever.
This is the 'Neither'. You get the job done right, by the person whose job it is to get it right and then you are freed up to do more of this.
Thus building a team of capable, fulfilled and 'motivated to learn more' individuals.
No Frying Pan, no Fire and Neither of you feel bad about it.
In fact, everything is a bit ros
A few weeks ago I visited my favorite restaurant. The sign on the door noted regular business hours of 11 am to 8 pm. It was 7:30. The restaurant was closed. If the sign says you're open for business then you should be open for business.Today I found out that this favorite restaurant of mine is closed for good.The restaurant that I spe
As a boss, it's easy to do something that you know how to do. In fact it's a big psychological boost to your little own sense of self, when you've achieved something that someone else is struggling with. So it's a 'nice' feeling to be better at something when someone else isn't.
It's not your fault, in fact it's not even an action you think consciously about, it just happens that way.
And with some bosses, it happens often. I know, I've done it myself. It comes out of another emotion too. It comes out of a sense of 'helping' someone in distress - it's the 'knight in shining armour' thing. And it feels good.
Yet, it has a big downside. Getting someone else out of their 'frying pan' gets you into another 'fire'. Because if you get so good at fixing other people's problems, that's what they'll expect of you. And wait for you to do it.
So, you frustrate the hell out of them because you fix things for them all the time and then they start waiting for you to be the problem-solver. Your 'fixing' everything starts to pile up on you. You then get frustrated with them because you have such 'useless' employees around you.
I wonder why!
So, here's a way to try. For someone struggling with something, however small, use the 4S Method.
Show
Supervise
Stand Back
Succeed
This means that you Show them how to do something, then you watch them and Supervise as they do it, maybe they get it wrong - if so, let them analyse why. Stand Back whilst they at last Succeed - and then get it right forever.
This is the 'Neither'. You get the job done right, by the person whose job it is to get it right and then you are freed up to do more of this.
Thus building a team of capable, fulfilled and 'motivated to learn more' individuals.
No Frying Pan, no Fire and Neither of you feel bad about it.
In fact, everything is a bit ro
Business opportunities are only good when you know what you want and what you are doing. All to often people let a good business opportunity pass them by or they will jump into something when they really don’t know what they are getting themselves into. The business opportunities are only as good as the person who is investing in them. If you do thi
And with some bosses, it happens often. I know, I've done it myself. It comes out of another emotion too. It comes out of a sense of 'helping' someone in distress - it's the 'knight in shining armour' thing. And it feels good.
Yet, it has a big downside. Getting someone else out of their 'frying pan' gets you into another 'fire'. Because if you get so good at fixing other people's problems, that's what they'll expect of you. And wait for you to do it.
So, you frustrate the hell out of them because you fix things for them all the time and then they start waiting for you to be the problem-solver. Your 'fixing' everything starts to pile up on you. You then get frustrated with them because you have such 'useless' employees around you.
I wonder why!
So, here's a way to try. For someone struggling with something, however small, use the 4S Method.
Show
Supervise
Stand Back
Succeed
This means that you Show them how to do something, then you watch them and Supervise as they do it, maybe they get it wrong - if so, let them analyse why. Stand Back whilst they at last Succeed - and then get it right forever.
This is the 'Neither'. You get the job done right, by the person whose job it is to get it right and then you are freed up to do more of this.
Thus building a team of capable, fulfilled and 'motivated to learn more' individuals.
No Frying Pan, no Fire and Neither of you feel bad about it.
In fact, everything is a bit ro
Often, what makes difficult customers difficult is the fact that they are intensely emotional. They are upset, angry, irate, or ballistic. It is impossible to address the real issues the customer has experienced until we first address the emotion of anger.When it comes to dealing with angry customers, there are four things you must be crystal
I wonder why!
So, here's a way to try. For someone struggling with something, however small, use the 4S Method.
Show
Supervise
Stand Back
Succeed
This means that you Show them how to do something, then you watch them and Supervise as they do it, maybe they get it wrong - if so, let them analyse why. Stand Back whilst they at last Succeed - and then get it right forever.
This is the 'Neither'. You get the job done right, by the person whose job it is to get it right and then you are freed up to do more of this.
Thus building a team of capable, fulfilled and 'motivated to learn more' individuals.
No Frying Pan, no Fire and Neither of you feel bad about it.
In fact, everything is a bit ro
Today, Information technology (IT) plays a vital role in the field of textile industry. Any manufacturing unit employs four Ms that is, Men, Material, Machine and of course Money. To get organizational success, managers need to focus on synchronizing all these factors and developing synergies with in and outside organizational operations. With the i
This is the 'Neither'. You get the job done right, by the person whose job it is to get it right and then you are freed up to do more of this.
Thus building a team of capable, fulfilled and 'motivated to learn more' individuals.
No Frying Pan, no Fire and Neither of you feel bad about it.
In fact, everything is a bit rosy, after all!
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