Delegating vs Assigning vs Instructing vs Asking a Favour
“Can you please be in charge of pack up after the church BBQ?” “I’d love you to help me out by chairing the staff meeting while I’m on leave the next few weeks” “Can you please check to see why Roger wasn’t here today?” “Would you be willing to do up a promotional image for Easter?” These are just some of the respectful and polite ways team leaders can ask team members to do something. Many of these are actually ways that members could ask their fellow members to do something. Most of the time that’s all we need to...
