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Management article
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Reference no. 86506
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Business Review", 1986

Abstract

Innumerable business experts urge executives of growing companies to help themselves and their organizations by delegating responsibility. However well meaning, the dispensers of such advice usually underestimate the difficulty entrepreneurs have in giving up their cherished roles. Entrepreneurs pride themselves on their skills and talents and thrive on being in all places at once. But as their organizations expand, they can better spend their time coaching and planning rather than doing. Otherwise, their staffs can never mature, and they themselves won''t have time to chart the company''s future.

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Abstract

Innumerable business experts urge executives of growing companies to help themselves and their organizations by delegating responsibility. However well meaning, the dispensers of such advice usually underestimate the difficulty entrepreneurs have in giving up their cherished roles. Entrepreneurs pride themselves on their skills and talents and thrive on being in all places at once. But as their organizations expand, they can better spend their time coaching and planning rather than doing. Otherwise, their staffs can never mature, and they themselves won''t have time to chart the company''s future.

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