delegation
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 2, 2020 by Gresham Harkless Jr. · across every show →
Everything said about delegation, oldest first
Dec 2, 2020 negative
Harkless: Fixing Employee Mistakes Yourself Is a Major Leadership Failure
“Especially when things don't go as well as I want them to go, or, you know, somebody messes up on something with a client, you know, you want to jump in and just do it and just like, I'll just take care of it. But I know that is one of the worst things that yo…”
Sep 30, 2025 positive
Fowler: Delegated work is almost never done identically by team members
“Knowing that as they let it go, the other person may not do it exactly how they will do it. In fact, almost certainly they will not do it exactly. But part of what we look at is to say, well, is it important that they do it exactly how you would do it? And wha…”
Aug 25, 2026
Fredrickson: Founders Can Delegate 80% of Delivery Like Dentists Use Hygienists
“So for them to feel like they can step out in some way, it doesn't have to be black and white, all or nothing. It could be somebody else bringing a mini me, bringing somebody that could do 80% and you bring in the 20%, right? It's kind of like the dentist visi…”