Delegate Quotes

64 quotes by 62 authors

We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise. — Mitchell Baker
Do not delegate an assignment and then attempt to manage it yourself - you will make an enemy of the overruled subordinate. — Wess Roberts
The only way to handle big business is to delegate, delegate, delegate. — Daniel Burnham
When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders. — Craig Groeschel
Donâ€™t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else. — Andy Stanley
Strategy equals execution. All the great ideas and visions in the world are worthless if they can't be implemented rapidly and efficiently. Good leaders delegate… — Colin Powell
No man can delegate,... any right of arbitrary dominion over a 3rd person; for that would imply a right in the 1st person, not only… — Lysander Spooner
If something can be done 80% as well by someone else, delegate! — John C. Maxwell
Never delegate. Always empower. — Mike Krzyzewski
In areas where they are simply incompetent, smart executives donâ€™t make decisions or take actions. They delegate. — Peter Drucker
If "Number rules the universe" as Pythagoras asserted, Number is merely our delegate to the throne, for we rule Number. — Eric Temple Bell
I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy. — Jurgen Klinsmann
Freedom is as frightening now as it was thousands of years ago. It will always require a willingness to sacrifice what is most familiar for… — Rachel Naomi Remen
For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures. — C.S. Lewis
I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough,… — John Ortberg
I work hard and I have a standard of excellence - and I expect everyone at the Interior Department to meet that same standard. I… — Ken Salazar
Any society has to delegate the responsibility to maintain a certain kind of order. Enforcing regulations, making sure people stop at stoplights. We can't function… — Joseph Stiglitz
When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.. — James H. Boren
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names. — Alex Ferguson
The way you delegate is that first you have to hire people that you really have confidence in. You won't truly let those people feel… — Robert Pozen

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