delegation quotes

We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

When you want a thing done, ‚Don’t do it yourself‘ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

I’m not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That’s how Virgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically.

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

People and organizations don’t grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty… it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

I don’t mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Example is leadership.