It might be coincidental timing, but the National Post recently ran a story entitled Don't panic, delegate. The article talks about using delegation as a way to survive in today's world of increasing responsibility and accountability.
What I really liked about the article was how it illustrated the problems that you'll create if you don't delegate. Specifically:
- it sends a message to employees that they are not trusted to do the job well
- it prevents employees from learning on the job
- it prevents the manager from performing the duties that make up their job
This is good stuff for building yourself into a lazy manager. Give the article a read.