by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When delegating a task to another person, clear communication is key. It is unfortunate that clear communication is also rare. Here is a simple test.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Person A: Are you doing task such-and-such?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person B: Not myself. I delegated task such-and-such to Person C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person A: Oh, good. Task such-and-such is intricate and complex. I don’t quite understand it all, so I will go discuss it with Person C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person B: Well, uh, like you said, it’s complicated and all, so just talk to me about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person A: Well, since Person C is the one who will actually do such-and-such, I’ll talk to him about it. Okay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person B: silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person A: I’ll tell you what we can do here. I’ll give you a blank sheet of paper, and you write task such-and-such on it. Then I’ll go to Person C and give him a blank sheet of paper to write task such-and-such on it. Finally, I’ll compare the two written descriptions of such-and-such to ensure they agree. Okay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person B: silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person A: Perhaps you, Person C, and I should sit in the same room at the same time and discuss such-and-such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Person B: Perhaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Dwayne Phillips When delegating a task to another person, clear communication is key. It is unfortunate that clear communication is also rare. Here is a simple test. Person A: Are you doing task such-and-such? Person B: Not myself. I delegated task such-and-such to Person C. Person A: Oh, good. Task such-and-such is intricate and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,32,235,67],"tags":[225,154,236,187],"class_list":["post-3248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clarity","category-communication","category-testing","category-work","tag-clarity","tag-communication","tag-testing","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3249,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248\/revisions\/3249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}