Shari also told Donna that maybe she needed to think about delegating some of the work to others. Donna’s two sons, Percy and Tony, were 14 and 16 years old and the main reason Donna started this business was to save towards their college. It was only reasonable that they help out, too.
At a family meeting later that evening, Donna’s sons and her husband all agreed that they’d be happy to pitch in and they divided up the tasks. Paul said, “I can take over the books of the business.” Percy stated that he’d be able to run the orders to the post office and pick up boxes and other supplies if they’d let him borrow the car. Tony didn’t really know what he could do, but finally settled on printing address labels and boxing up the orders.
As the meeting ended, Donna said, “Great! Now I’ll get back to ordering supplies and making and canning the sauce. I can forget about everything else.”
Use the list of delegation tips in the textbook to give Donna some advice on what she REALLY should do in order to successfully delegate these jobs.