How well do you delegate?

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QUIZ: How well do you delegate?

Do you need to free up some time, get more done in a day, lower your workload or reduce your stress? If you do, delegation is the key!

Instructions: This fun, FREE and easy quiz can be completed in less than five minutes, and it can give you immediate insight into your career. Not only can delegation free up your valuable time, reduce your workload and calm your overworked nerves, it is a powerful tool you can use to help your employees become superstars. Yet research shows that managers routinely under-delegate. Many supervisors find reasons or excuses to avoid delegation altogether.

Just how well do you delegate? The following quiz will help you rate yourself. Answer each question "yes" or "no."


1	Are you a perfectionist - and proud of it?	YES	NO
2	Do you regularly take work home?	YES	NO
3	Do you work longer hours than your employees?	YES	NO
4	Do you spend substantial time doing things for other people?	YES	NO
5	Do you often wish you could spend more time with your family?	YES	NO
6	When you get to the office, is your IN box full?	YES	NO
7	Do you keep a hand in the job you held before your last promotion?	YES	NO
8	Do people often interrupt you with queries or requests?	YES	NO
9	Can you immediately name your top three work goals?	YES	NO
10	Do you spend time on routine details of your job?	YES	NO
11	Being brutally honest, are you reluctant to delegate because you know you can do the job better?	YES	NO
12	Do you usually rush to meet deadlines?	YES	NO
13	Are you unable to keep on top of priorities?	YES	NO
14	Do you frequently feel overworked?	YES	NO
15	Is it hard for you to accept ideas that others offer?	YES	NO
16	Do you avoid delegating because you fear your employees will fail at the task -- and you'll have to take the heat for the mistake?	YES	NO
17	Do you give detailed instructions to employees on exactly how a job or task should be done?	YES	NO
18	Do you believe higher-level managers should work more?	YES	NO
19	Do you hold daily staff meetings?	YES	NO
20	Be honest: Do you secretly fear an employee would show you up if you delegated some of your tasks to that person?	YES	NO

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