When People Delegate
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I had requested that all our information about the new calling plan be collected and be ready on my desktop for review by 8:00 am Friday morning. I was worried that I might not be well understood, and so I took great care to make myself very clear. It is now 10:00 am. I am at my desk, and I have no idea where that information is or if I’m going to get it in time. I think I need to rethink the value of my assistant.
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