THE GREAT VALUES
There is only one way to remain unique and unrepeatable: follow the great values; loyalty, integrity, humility, fidelity, friendship, love…
These must be our guides in life and work.
If we develop them, we guarantee ourselves a solid base for facing and overcoming the continuous challenges that life presents us, almost always without notice.
We cannot change the world, but we can change ourselves!
UNIQUE AND UNREPEATABLE
How many times I repeated these two terms: unique and unrepeatable.
In all of my books!
How many times I repeated them to myself.
And doing so always helped me!
Most of all during the difficult moments.
We are not born by chance.
We are here, each of us in a different way, to fulfill a task, a mission.
God doesn’t care if we ate, drank, slept, or had sex. God will ask us if we fulfilled the vocation for which we were born.
Everything is already written inside of us.
We should take rather than accumulate.
Each of us is born unique and unrepeatable. Let’s make it so we do not die, all of us the same in our tastes and desires.
RESPONSIBILITY. POWER. ACCOUNTABILITY
There are three important elements of delegating:
Responsibility, power, accountability.
Responsibility is the activity to be executed.
Power is the authority given to complete the entrusted task, taking the necessary decisions.
Accountability is the assumption of responsibility in executing everything according to the rules established by the person who delegated; accountability for one’s actions.
TASK
Once you have entrusted a task to someone, you must remain in contact with that person until the project is finished. In this way you can immediately face any unforeseen or disastrous situations.
Managers should NEVER wait until they have reached the limits of their own ability before beginning to delegate.
CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
You can delegate without losing control of the company.
It’s a question of BOUNDARIES.
Boundaries create limits on the exercise of power.
For this reason boundaries must be clear from the beginning and unchangeable throughout the entire duration of a mandate.
Moreover, in this way you avoid the delegated person bringing problems to be resolved to the boss.
THE DELEGATION OF POWER HELPS
The delegation of power:
-develops managerial skills
-helps people assume greater responsibilities
-helps resolve problems
-stimulates creativity
-increases the sense of belonging
The majority of managers don’t delegate because they fear losing control of the power they possess.
DELEGATING
I have heard many people complaining about the inability of their superiors to delegate. Unfortunately even many christian managers are unable to delegate.
Delegating means transferring a part of power held, from a higher level to a lower one.
It serves to decentralize power.
It allows for involvement of a greater number of people in decisional processes.
It increases the efficiency of organization.
ETHICAL MANAGER
To be ethical a manager should:
1. Decide with a clean heart.
2. Know how to communicate.
3. Know how to delegate.
4. Help resolve problems.
I have already spoken about the first two. In the coming posts I will try to speak about the last two.
THE MIND LISTENS TOO FAST
Studies have revealed that the average person passes about 70% of his or her active day in verbal communication, 45 percent of which is dedicated to listening. The percentage goes down to 25% for those who have not received a specific training in this capacity.
A big part of the difficulty in listening comes from the fact that the mind can listen quicker than a person can talk.
The average person listens at a speed of 400,600 words per minute but can say only 200-300 words per minute.
Therefore during conversation the mind wanders and thinks of other things.
NON LISTENING
Experience has taught me it’s possible to reduce the difficulty in communication with simple rules:
When possible, use face-to-face communication.
Use simple and clear and direct words.
Always solicit a response from the person listening to you.
Give full attention to the person speaking.
In fact, the biggest communication problem is the inability to listen.
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