How do we become great leaders? How do we gain people's trust to let us lead them? This week I learned that one of the important aspects of leadership is delegation. I don't own a business, but I do run a household. Delegating is hard for me. I want to make sure that if something needs to be done that it gets done correctly. I give my children chores, but struggle with letting them do them fully on their own. Delegation in my calling is another place I have a hard time letting go. I just figure I will do it all myself. Through the readings this week, I learned that I need to let go of some of my control and let others learn through doing.
"Tempting as this may be, it is impossible to build an effective organization without delegating important tasks to talented and capable people. It's the only way to make a grand vision a reality." ("A Message to Garcia", Acton Foundation, 2008) If I am going to start up my own company, I can't so everything alone. I will need to delegate so I had better learn now how to delegate to talented and capable people.
When I was interviewing my friend this week about a business she started up with her parents, she mentioned to me that one of the reasons she thinks her parent's restaurant isn't prospering is because they don't delegate. They don't trust the employees to carry on if they aren't there, so they never leave. This has been so draining on her parents. From this example, I see that not delegating can cause huge stresses that don't need to be present.
I want to learn how to lead with the small "L" leadership, by example, vision, and love. I think I can start learning this leadership in my home, which will extend to my business, by being a good example to my children, teaching them how to contribute to the family by doing chores and loving them and teaching them to love and support each other. (Kim B. Clark, "Leadership with a Small "L", Brigham Young University--Idaho Commencement, December 2007)
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