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Face-to-face Leadership: Boundary-Defined Delegation

Form Closed Loops of Execution Through Effective Delegation

Face-to-face leadership focuses the development of individual subordinates and the improvement of their performance. But unfortunately, many examples consistently show that the inadequate abilities and unsatisfying performances of subordinates result from their leaders’ unsuccessful delegation.

Many leadership and management experts may regard delegation as a way for leaders to improve their own work efficiency and time management. While in essence, delegation is a leadership behavior to promote subordinates’ execution and performance through transmitting and communicating job specifications and task requirements clearly downward. ...

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