Transcript:
Hi there! I’m Jeff Arthur with The Values Conversation, here today talking about leadership and you the leader making sure you do the big impact jobs.

Now last week we talked about delegation. We talked about as a leader you need to delegate out those jobs and let people do what they need to do, don’t horde all the stuff, let them do stuff, and that’s exactly right.

One of the things that we as leaders miss, is that there are times whenever there are jobs that only you, the leader, can do, and only you, the leader, should be doing. There are big impact projects that you don’t ever want to delegate. You don’t ever want to ask other people to do, that’s why you’re the leader, that’s why people look to you to do the job. That’s why you’re in the position you’re in. That means you do the job, and it’s so important.

Why did delegation become so important for us? Is that, if I delegate out all those other jobs, then that leaves me, the leader, the time and the energy and the focus, and the patience and the creativity to tackle those big impact jobs that I’m supposed to be dealing with. How many times as leaders are we exhausted from all the busyness and all the busy work and all the stuff out here that I should have been delegating, and it’s stripped me and just completely left me with nothing, nothing in the tank to do the job I was supposed to do, and here is this big impact thing that I am supposed to be taking the lead on. Delegate and as a leader make sure you do the big impact job.

I’m Jeff Arthur with The Values Conversation, you can connect with us more online at tvcleadership.com