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| The Myth of Incompetence |
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The emphasis on delegation in these pages over the last few weeks has prompted many readers to protest the impossibility of working with their teams. Apparently delegation the Boss To Boss way can be just too big an ask!
You can guess my response – empower your team or perish. If they are not ready for delegation your organisation is not ready to grow. I hear that the people are not ready or not competent, but what I see is that the managers are not ready.
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They use the supposed limitations of their teams to resist delegating – normally because they have a misguided view that there is only so much authority to go around. If they give some away there will be less left for them!
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Follow this link to see why you can’t allow your managers to hide behind the Myth of Incompetence.
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Graduates looking for good training and development over salary
A new survey has shown that university graduates consider training opportunities and personal development better incentives from an employer than money.
Ernst and Young, who conducted the survey, found that out of the 1,051 graduates asked, 44 per cent said that good training and development was the most important factor when considering ... more |
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Crackdown on Facebook at work
A new survey from IT security company Sophos has revealed that approximately half of all businesses have banned their employees from accessing popular social networking site Facebook at work.
Out of the 600 workers polled, 43 per cent said that Facebook was banned at work, while another seven per cent said that access was restricted only ... more |
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Stress can cause small businesses to lose 'quite a lot of money'
The Health and Safety Commission has said that small businesses may be more at risk of losing money if employees are suffering from stress-related illnesses.
Speaking to researchers, spokesperson Ray Allger said that small businesses did not have the same availability of cover as larger organisations, so that if an employee needed to be a ... more |
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