My favorite definition of management is, managing is getting things done through others, this is not always practiced especially in the church. I find that people are either not very good delegaters or unwilling to delegate. I want to share some thoughts about delegating and how it can help you to become a much more effective manager/leader.

First why don’t people delegate/duplicate more often, well I think that there are several factors at work,  for one people are afraid to give up a task that they have always done themselves. This happens in church a lot, people have been doing a particular task for months or years and even when given a chance to allow others to jump in and help they are reluctant. Maybe they feel like the task won’t be done to the level of their normal expectation or worse there is no one to delegate the job to. 

This causes many problems for everyone, people must begin to think, I need to duplicate myself, especially in church. When we duplicate ourselves we allow others to serve and as well we open ourselves up to other opportunities that God might have for us to do. When we don’t begin to duplicate or delegate others we must continue to do what we have always done and it limits our ability to grow and as well those others that God wants to use as well.

One definition of delegating is a transfer of power, I am going to pray that I can effectively transfer and duplicate myself in many areas.