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From NetSpeed Leader Volume 17, June 2004
Chris Noble of Singlestep Technologies talked with us about delegating smartly. We asked him how he learned to become a good delegator. Here is his response:
"It was easier for me than for many people because my first job out of college was running political campaigns across the country, and I quickly realized that no matter how much energy I had and how well I presented the issues, I couldn't talk to every voter myself.
"I learned to organize a team of people with a lot of different disciplines: working with the press, raising money, writing position papers, etc. That's where the 'Everybody does what they do best' mantra came from.
"When I transitioned into high tech startups, the same principle applied, because in a startup there's always more responsibility to go around than people to do it, and if you don't delegate and maximize your output across all your people, you hit roadblocks: you don't ship product, you don't make revenue goals, you don't meet your company's objectives.
"When you do delegate well, people operate less like a collection of individuals and more like a cohesive team. That's a very rewarding feeling."
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