Effective delegation and management also requires you have a decent grasp of how to do the thing you are delegating.
Some examples -
Lack of knowledge means you have no idea how hard something is, or where it’s ‘hard but necessary’ or ‘hard because you’re doing it wrong’. It means you won’t know how to evaluate if someone is doing a good job or not, is competent or not, or being honest or not.
It’s particularly challenging if you hire a ‘business guy’ (or sales people!) because they are almost all very adept at getting away with things, making people like them, looking good, and convincing people they should be paid more than they really need to be.
Which is great if you are benefiting from it, know how to manage someone like that, and aren’t getting taken advantage of.
If you don’t know how that type of world or person works however, and how to maintain boundaries and expectations appropriately? yikes.
Some examples -
Lack of knowledge means you have no idea how hard something is, or where it’s ‘hard but necessary’ or ‘hard because you’re doing it wrong’. It means you won’t know how to evaluate if someone is doing a good job or not, is competent or not, or being honest or not.
It’s particularly challenging if you hire a ‘business guy’ (or sales people!) because they are almost all very adept at getting away with things, making people like them, looking good, and convincing people they should be paid more than they really need to be.
Which is great if you are benefiting from it, know how to manage someone like that, and aren’t getting taken advantage of.
If you don’t know how that type of world or person works however, and how to maintain boundaries and expectations appropriately? yikes.