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Leader: Are you a Dropper-Offer or Developer?

By Camille Smith / April 29, 2018

We ask others to do things for us all the time – things we don’t want to do, things we don’t have the time to do, and things we couldn’t do even if we had the time.  We drop our suits at the dry cleaners, our car at the garage, and our kids at school.…

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7 Steps to Effective Delegation

By Camille Smith / February 6, 2015

Fess up: Do you delegate or drop-off?  Dropping-off.  We ask others to do stuff for us all the time – stuff we don’t want to do, don’t have the time to do, and couldn’t do even if we had the time.  We drop our suits off for pressing (a task we can’t do), our car…

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Can you hear yourself now?

By Camille Smith / February 25, 2014

Time for a hearing test. No, not the kind that someone else wants you to get because they think you need hearing aids; this is a more of a “listening” test that can help you be more effective, more confident. This test is not age-related; it’s performance-related. “It’s not what you say, it’s what people…

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How to Reach Metaphorical Mountain Tops at Work

By Camille Smith / May 11, 2011

Today’s workers are being asked to do more with less, to reach higher goals with fewer resources and in less time. You understand the need, you want to say “yes” and mean it, but you say “yes” with uncertainty and doubt. What’s going on? How come you can’t authentically say yes to climb the mountains…

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Are you a Delegator or a Dropper-off-er?

By Camille Smith / October 5, 2010

del-e-gat, vb, to commit powers, functions to another as a agent to carry out powers and functions; to assign responsibility. Synonym: entrust. Dropping-off.  We ask others to do stuff for us all the time – stuff we don’t want to do, don’t have the time to do, and couldn’t do even if we had the…

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