ABILITY TO DELEGATE

The ABILITY to DELEGATE is a strength of ALL good leaders!
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The inability to delegate is one of the chief reasons Masters reduce their effectiveness. Another is their inability to make decisions effectively. These two personality traits have contributed to a master’s ineffectiveness than any amount of inexperience.

There are a number of reasons why a Master must analyze his workload and delegate as much of it as he can, thus allowing himself more time for the planning and creative aspects of his office.

Delegation gives an opportunity for the Master to take on additional work and to expand in the area of seeking more Masonic Light that will be beneficial to all concerned in the execution of his duties as master.

Delegation relieves the Master of the petty, routine details that can certainly be handled just as efficiently by another brother. While it is true that many members tend to shirk responsibility, it is equally true that the best way to cure a member of this unreasonable fear is to give him a greater share of the responsibility. The one great enemy of the officers and members morale is boredom, monotonous, humdrum work that is just being done because, “I was told to do it.”
A little more responsibility, a little more authority will put a brother more “on his own,” is often the answer.

Proper delegation of work also keeps masters from becoming one of those harassed individuals whose briefcases are jammed with reports from the many committees relating to various projects and programs that he did not have time to look at and evaluate during the time that has elapsed between meetings.

The surest way for a Master to increase his ineffectiveness is to refuse to learn how, and when, and to whom to delegate work.

Very good advice!
Hiram Abiff
The Widow’s Son

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