| | | I get it, you really are the only one that can do it the way you want it done – why delegate to someone else?
Boy did I struggle with that very same thing until one day a good boss of mine told me otherwise.
Fresh out of graduate school I considered myself the best at doing what I was trained at doing, I was an Instructional Technologist – and I was dang good at it! With my first job I had the opportunity to prove how good I was, and the numerous kudos and recognition I received only validated it.
However, I was soon promoted into a supervisor role and couldn’t do everything I had done before. I had to let go of some things. That was tough, and I didn’t want to. Instead I worked hours and hours doing my day to day stuff as a supervisor and pounding out design development way past office hours.
I went to my boss with the problem; I couldn’t keep up the pace anymore. He asked me a number of questions around what my day looked like and then said this, “Mike, your problem is...
| | | | | | | | | I had the opportunity over the weekend to learn some valuable and important lessons about how significant leader support is, from my 12-year-old son.
Youth in my church are often asked to prepare a 3-5 minute talk to deliver to our congregation of about 300 on any given Sunday. Through the years I have appreciated this opportunity for my children because of the challenge involved, the chance to immerse themselves in an assigned topic and an occasion to improve their public speaking skills.
I have spoken hundreds of times in my church mainly due to the leadership positions I have held. While I admit to having a tinge of nervousness on occasion, it really isn’t that difficult for me to do. I have spoken in front of congregations of 300 to several thousand.
This weekend my son was asked to...
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