Great Managers Delegate. But what happens if you delegate to the wrong people? Project Management skills are essential to growing a successful, scalable business.
The more you know about something, the better you’re likely to be at doing it. So, you could say that there is an inverse relationship between Knowledge and Effort when it comes to getting things done. More knowledge makes for less effort, while less knowledge on a topic means you’re apt to spend more effort (time, energy, stress, money, etc) to get it done.
The “it” that I’m referring to here is whatever project you may have going. In business, especially in small business, and most especially in startup small business, there are always projects to do, and things to get done.
Delegating to your team, contractors, or sub-contractors is a great way to get things done. This strategy allows you the time and freedom to stay focused on the things that you do best.
Beware, however, of the fact that being a Project Manager is a skill set unto itself, and if you don’t have a great understanding of what it means to be a project manager, you may find yourself in just about the same place on the Knowledge/Effort curve that’s discussed in the video above.
In future posts and videos, we’ll go into the basics, and the details, of project management so that you can start to leverage, delegate, and generally get lots of things done without having to do everything yourself.
