Comments on: biz ladies 09: The Control Enthusiast’s Guide to Delegating http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-the-control-enthusiasts-guide-to-delegating.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:32:38 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: beth http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-the-control-enthusiasts-guide-to-delegating.html/comment-page-1#comment-85958 beth Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:23:18 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21836#comment-85958 I love this article. As someone looking in from the other (worker bee) side, how important it is to trust the people you've hired, and recognize (sometimes even actually use!) some of their ideas. If you've done everything you can on the front side to find a creative and intelligent helper, you really owe it to yourself, as Lauren points out, to capitalize on that employee's energy and abilities. Please do not exploit their contribution to your business by mismanaging their skills and only allowing them to take care of administrative work. Admin work is a necessary part of running a business--and it can often be the key to learning the ropes. However, if you allow your staff to stretch a bit beyond the quotidien paperwork and data entry, you will inevitably cultivate happy employees, and save yourself time and money by retaining good support staff. No one wants to work in a suffocating, dead-end environment for a perfectionist egomaniac! I love this article. As someone looking in from the other (worker bee) side, how important it is to trust the people you’ve hired, and recognize (sometimes even actually use!) some of their ideas. If you’ve done everything you can on the front side to find a creative and intelligent helper, you really owe it to yourself, as Lauren points out, to capitalize on that employee’s energy and abilities. Please do not exploit their contribution to your business by mismanaging their skills and only allowing them to take care of administrative work. Admin work is a necessary part of running a business–and it can often be the key to learning the ropes. However, if you allow your staff to stretch a bit beyond the quotidien paperwork and data entry, you will inevitably cultivate happy employees, and save yourself time and money by retaining good support staff. No one wants to work in a suffocating, dead-end environment for a perfectionist egomaniac!

]]> By: franki durbin http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-the-control-enthusiasts-guide-to-delegating.html/comment-page-1#comment-76890 franki durbin Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:28:48 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21836#comment-76890 great great GREAT advice. and isn't it funny how many resumes come across with typos? who doesn't go through that with a fine toothed comb? if that isn't looked at in detail - and it is their business - how then can they take interest in YOUR business? Great advice. great great GREAT advice. and isn’t it funny how many resumes come across with typos? who doesn’t go through that with a fine toothed comb? if that isn’t looked at in detail – and it is their business – how then can they take interest in YOUR business?

Great advice.

]]> By: Doreen http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-the-control-enthusiasts-guide-to-delegating.html/comment-page-1#comment-76517 Doreen Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:47:06 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21836#comment-76517 I'm getting really tired of seeing that same large "We can do it" banner over and over again. It's distracting from the otherwise tranquil beauty and thought provoking images found on this site. I’m getting really tired of seeing that same large “We can do it” banner over and over again. It’s distracting from the otherwise tranquil beauty and thought provoking images found on this site.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-the-control-enthusiasts-guide-to-delegating.html/comment-page-1#comment-76515 Brenda Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:47:49 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21836#comment-76515 Brilliantly said! I deal with this all day long at my day job (managing finance, HR and ops). Then experienced everything you mention during the holidays, unwilling to hire an hourly helper, even for button sewing or packaging or shipping, because of the training time and potential loss of quality. Geesh. And burnt out. (I am so totally hiring some help this holiday season!) Reference checking is truly truly essential. And not just "did they work for you." Ask what you need to know as a potential employer. How did this person resolve a conflict? Did anything prevent them from being on time and reliable? Which areas do they need development in? What makes them truly acceptable? You'll get much better, and more authentic, feedback from your referees! Brilliantly said! I deal with this all day long at my day job (managing finance, HR and ops). Then experienced everything you mention during the holidays, unwilling to hire an hourly helper, even for button sewing or packaging or shipping, because of the training time and potential loss of quality. Geesh. And burnt out. (I am so totally hiring some help this holiday season!)

Reference checking is truly truly essential. And not just “did they work for you.” Ask what you need to know as a potential employer. How did this person resolve a conflict? Did anything prevent them from being on time and reliable? Which areas do they need development in? What makes them truly acceptable? You’ll get much better, and more authentic, feedback from your referees!

]]> By: Jenny http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-the-control-enthusiasts-guide-to-delegating.html/comment-page-1#comment-76423 Jenny Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:01:01 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21836#comment-76423 The idea of having a new employee help craft the system is brilliant, not only because you'll get a system out of it, but also because it makes the employee feel part of things. As hard as it is to let go for fear that someone will wreck your brand, image or reputation, it is important to show an employee that you trust them to be part of the building, not just part of the doing. Let them generate ideas and run with one, whether it's the system they help create, or a new product idea, or they will feel like just another worker bee. The idea of having a new employee help craft the system is brilliant, not only because you’ll get a system out of it, but also because it makes the employee feel part of things. As hard as it is to let go for fear that someone will wreck your brand, image or reputation, it is important to show an employee that you trust them to be part of the building, not just part of the doing. Let them generate ideas and run with one, whether it’s the system they help create, or a new product idea, or they will feel like just another worker bee.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-the-control-enthusiasts-guide-to-delegating.html/comment-page-1#comment-76422 Laurie Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:55:16 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21836#comment-76422 Ha - the control enthusiast - I love it! Ha – the control enthusiast – I love it!

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