Reverse delegation happens when delegated tasks end up back in your bucket. Dan Rockwell offers 12 sentences to prevent this.
Source: Leadership Freak, March 27, 2017.
Why reverse delegation happens:
- You want to be helpful. Over-helpful leaders end up doing other people’s work for them.
- You don’t see it. Some employees are skillful at delegating work to their bosses
- You have the wrong employees.
- You’re a control freak.
- You’re a perfectionist.