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Making Yourself Redundant Or, How To Stop Being The Bottleneck On Every Little Thing

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I can't do it all

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We need more of me (No loud disagreement please)

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Picking the right thing to delegate

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Keep tabs on where you actually spend your time

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Identify stretch tasks and normal delegate tasks

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Pick something you'd normally feel like you have to do

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Something that's not on fire right now

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Something where there's still slack to work with if it fails

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Picking the right person

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Pick someone who could probably do it if you helped them

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Someone who would learn something from it

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Someone who could one day be doing your job

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Someone who wants to develop themselves

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Letting them grow into the challenge

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Set goals for what you want achieved

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Give a 'starter for ten' [Training wheels option]

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Don't help them - yet - but let them know they can have help

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Check in to see if they're progressing or drowning

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If they succeed, give thanks and feedback

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If they fail, give feedback

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Don't give out something that can't fail

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Pick more than one person

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Talk to them about how you're doing this

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Reiterate that they will be supported

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Know when you're growing your replacements and when you're just delegating

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Regular delegation is fine too

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Making better use of your time is good, but they're not going to learn as much from it

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Setting an example

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"You're empowered, just change everything already"

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People don't believe this until they see examples they can follow - that's where it rests on us

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Bring people into things they'd not normally see or do and next time they may step up and ask

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