Playing delegation poker

One of my favorite management techniques is delegation poker. Delegation poker is a technique to arrive at how decisions are to be made. The decision makers can be two individuals (manager and report) or entire teams and their team leaders. The 7 delegation levels are: Level 1: Tell Level 2: Sell Level 3: Consult Level 4: Agree Level 5: Advise Level 6: Inquire Level 7: Delegate There is a ton of material out there but one article I frequently share is by Miquel Rodríguez which gives good detail and examples. Specifically love the non work examples with kids and restaurants: ...

January 20, 2023

Three pillars of learning

Learning is a lifelong endeavor — whatever roles we might assume (student, working professional, parent, boss, entrepreneur) there are always new things for us to learn and excel at. Willingness to learn is highly valued value and obviously without internal motivation learning becomes an arduous process. Assuming you do have the willingness there are 3 foundational pillars for learning. Putting all these together are essential for success. So what are the 3 pillars of learning? ...

January 18, 2021