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Figure 6-1. How can you delegate?
gest that a colleague would be better suited to the task (though
you should clear it with your colleague first).
Delegating upward may be risky; then, again, boldness
mixed with diplomacy can work wonders. Moreover, if the task
is really outside your area of expertise, you’ll be doing everyone
(yourself included) a favor by finding a way to direct it toward
someone better suited.
Delegating upward isn’t always a matter of trying to “pass
the buck” back to someone. Sometimes it’s a matter of finding
a way to pass it forward to someone better equipped to do it. If
someone other than your boss asks you to do something you
really don’t have the authority to do, it’s to everyone’s benefit to
suggest that your boss is probably better suited to the task.
Delegating to your boss is sometimes the smartest thing you
can do.