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Kevin Rudd is gone and the Labor task now is to convince voters that Julia Gillard, his closest partner in so many policy and political escapades, would make a different Prime Minister.The party will have to somehow draw a line between Rudd and Gillard, and not just a distinction based on style. Fat chance. To repeat: If Kevin Rudd has made clunky decisions over the past six months, so has Julia Gillard. [click to continue…]
KEVIN Rudd this morning looks certain to lose his prime ministership in a caucus ballot after he and Julia Gillard last night spent a desperate 2 1/2 hours in failed talks. Key Labor powerbrokers last night moved on Mr Rudd, telling the Deputy Prime Minister she had the numbers to win.But Mr Rudd made it clear he would not step aside and that his enemies would have to force him out.
The final straw for Ms Gillard came early yesterday. Angered by a morning newspaper report leaked from the Prime Minister’s office, questioning her loyalty to Mr Rudd, she called senior powerbroker and fellow Victorian MP Bill Shorten. [click to continue…]
THE final straw for Julia Gillard came early yesterday. Angered by a morning newspaper report leaked from the Prime Minister’s office, questioning her loyalty, she called senior powerbroker and fellow Victorian MP Bill Shorten. She wanted to know what to do.”It p***ed everyone in the caucus off,” said a NSW senior factional leader. [click to continue…]
Managers get things done through other people. They delegate primarily because it makes their job easier. If they try to do everything themselves, they become unnecessarily burdened; their performance and health deteriorate; they fail to develop their staff adequately; and, in time, the organization will suffer. Indeed, many writers believe that the ability to delegate is the main distinguishing feature between good and bad managers. Knowing how to delegate is, therefore, a crucial management and leadership skill. [click to continue…]
The task of delegation is critical to enhanced work-life balance and is consistently one of the biggest challenges people have in the workplace and at home. Most people are aware of the importance of effective delegation, but nonetheless they do not use delegation when it would serve them.Delegation is an integral part of managing your day efficiently. The problem people often have with delegation is related to false messages that they often tell themselves about the delegation process. Some of these messages include the following: [click to continue…]
Managing a successful event means balancing your event production with the demanding process of delegate management. Here are five top tips to making your delegate management efforts work smoothly and effectively.
What is delegate management anyway?
Delegate management is the term given to the communications and data processes in the run up to an event such as a conference or meeting, and to some extent on site at the event. [click to continue…]
Most of us are aware of the positives from delegating-we’ve heard them before. In theory, it’s a great concept: “Get other people to do your work for you…Awesome!” We also know that, theoretically, we can get more done in less time if we delegate properly. The results of not delegating include burnout, stress, and getting overwhelmed with mundane tasks that distract us from our most important responsibilities. Yet, why is delegation one of the most underutilized skills in organizations today? Why don’t we delegate more? Delegation is actually a learned and applied skill. It takes an understanding of how to do it correctly, and conscious focus to create a habit. [click to continue…]
Delegating tasks to your employees accomplishes a variety of things. One of which is less work for the supervisor. So why don’t we delegate? Is it that supervisors don’t know how to delegate work or could it be that there are different reasons why supervisors don’t delegate work to their employees. The answer is simple, supervisors tend to think they can do it better or the employee may make a mistake or even worse the employee may do a good job and the supervisor may feel threatened. [click to continue…]
In the past article I looked at some of the key approaches to delegating work effectively. In this article I will look at some of the main barriers that stop us from delegating work effectively or at all. We all have our reasons for not delegating. I myself have taken some time to understand the reasons why I didn’t do it more often.In a recent Delegation Skills Course that I ran, I tasked the group with brainstorming some of the reasons why they didn’t delegate work. [click to continue…]