Anna Wintour

I'm very good at delegating - people work much better when they have a real sense of responsibility. But at the same time, I don't like surprises. I don't pore over every shoot, but I do like to be aware at all times of what's going on.

English Editor

Jessica Jackley

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.

American Businesswoman

Marshall Goldsmith

When you're at the lower levels in the organization, you need to win and be right. But as you move up, you need to let other people win and be right, and become a manager and delegate responsibility.

American Coach

Ezra Taft Benson

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

American Leader

Hannah Fry

All around us, algorithms provide a kind of convenient source of authority: an easy way to delegate responsibility, a short cut we take without thinking.

English Mathematician

Alexis Ohanian

Like most entrepreneurs, getting motivated to work has never been a problem for me; focus comes through delegating tasks to the best people you can find.

American Businessman

Michael Hirst

I'm very bad at delegating writing responsibilities, because I've never been able to do it; I've never had any help or looked for any help.

English Writer

Cynthia Carroll

I live a very balanced life. I am very good at delegating responsibilities.

Byron Dorgan

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

American Politician

Jordan Fisher

My life is such that I can delegate with love.

American Musician

Used in professional or official settings like conferences or political assemblies.

Formal Context

A delegate often has the power to vote or make decisions on behalf of others.

Decision Weight

Delegates are expected to participate actively, representing the interest of their group.

Active Participation

Delegating tasks shows trust in others' abilities to handle responsibilities.

Delegation Trust

Delegation helps in distributing workload and managing time effectively.

Workload Management

Good leaders often delegate to focus on critical issues and empower their team.

Leadership Skill

A 'delegate' allows methods to be passed and used like variables, adding flexibility.

Programming Functionality

Delegates promote code reusability by abstracting method calls.

Code Reusability

Delegates are used in event handling, callbacks, and threading, among others.

Versatile Usage

 Simply tell the organizer the truth. You know that they’ve got this, and if they need you, simply give you a ring. You can also use the opportunity to delegate the meeting to a high performer or subject matter expert who may be a better choice anyway. You can even simply let them know you have other priorities that week and ask if your attendance is necessary.

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 Weird I hired you; I should trust you. I'm going to let you make decisions. I'm going to empower you, and I'm going to delegate to the lowest level, rather than the top. I'm going to encourage constructive criticism. I'm going to let you challenge authority. Because it's by challenging the way things are always done

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 Modeling, they tried modeling all the time. They were always modeling things. And I think part of that is that they never delegated understanding. And I think in our family we were very lucky, because we learned about design backwards. Design was not something other. It was part of the business of life in general.

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 A majority of these delegates favored introducing a new national constitution to create a stronger federal government. Thanks to compromises on issues like state representation, taxation power, and how to elect the president, their proposal gradually gained support.

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 That they can get out there, and they could change the world. Another thing that many women -- we think that we have to do everything. That we are the only ones responsible for our families, and it is so hard for us to delegate

How to overcome apathy...

 we're here because i did model un in high school and i've been thinking about it ever since because it was the most cutthroat experience of my life see model un has its own version of super chickens a kind of delegate other

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 I am the principal, and having that title required me to lead. I was not going to stay in my office, I was not going to delegate my work, and I was not going to be afraid to address anything that was not good for children,

Linda Cliatt-Wayman: How...

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Pankaj Ghemawat:...

 they would not have accidentally made it insulting because can we delegate a lot to computers because they are quicker and better than than we humans are a lot of things but computers don't care that