{"id":545,"date":"2017-12-14T21:34:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2017-12-14T21:34:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:04:47","slug":"take-entire-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/14\/take-entire-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you take the entire responsibility?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was at the lowest level in my team at office. But I was the only one who used to take the entire responsibility for the work team needed to do. By now, you must have guessed what the consequences were.<\/span>
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\n1.My manager had peaceful sleep at night because he knows work will be taken care of.<\/span>
\n2.My teammates never feared their job because they know work was being taken care of.<\/span>
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\nWho was at loss? Only me.<\/span>
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\nDid I do it because I wanted fame, attention or promotion? No. I didn\u2019t do it for any of those. I had to do it for one simple reason. I was afraid of going against people. I didn\u2019t know how to delegate work. I didn\u2019t even know that I had a right to delegate.<\/span>
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\nI learnt two things then.<\/span>
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\n1.Delegation is not tough.<\/span>
\n2.No one thrusts responsibility down your throat. You take it.
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\nLet\u2019s take a case of a family. The parents are irresponsible. They don\u2019t take any care of the maintenance of the house. Of the two sons they have, only the elder one takes the entire burden of the house.<\/span>
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\nOver a period of time, he breaks down. He finds life burden-some and overwhelming. He is not able to take care of things like before due to over stress.<\/span>
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\nWho is at loss now?<\/span>
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\nNot just him. The entire family is.<\/span>
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\nWhy?<\/span>
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\n1.The family doesn\u2019t know what the responsibilities are.<\/span>
\n2.Now they don\u2019t have even the one who takes care of it.<\/span>
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\nWhat happens next?<\/span>
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\nThere is chaos everytime a new problem comes. Blame game is the only thing they do. If one person takes responsibility due to lack of choice, the other one finds fault with it. At the end, entire family gets divided because of the constant hurts.<\/span>
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\nThese are just a few examples. You must be a part of a group or a team where the situation might be something of this sort. What can you do about this?<\/span>
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\n1.Never take the entire responsibility<\/strong>
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\nIdentify who is good at what. Allocate each of them the responsibility accordingly. Hold them accountable if the work is not done. Ask them what is the fine they are going to pay if the work is not done by agreed time. At the same time, be flexible. Be cordial and understanding if they are not able to do it due to unforeseen circumstances.<\/span>
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\n2.Don\u2019t give up the responsibility all of a sudden<\/strong>
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\nIf you abandon all of a sudden like the elder brother of the family, the entire system will break down. If none of them have any capabilities, train them slowly.<\/span>
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\nHow do you handle such situations? Share with us your tips to handle the situation better.<\/span>
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\nHappy sharing responsibilities!<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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