{"id":4289,"date":"2020-01-21T01:14:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2020-01-21T01:14:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:14:58","slug":"an-upward-delegation-ive-always-found-irresistible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/2020\/01\/an-upward-delegation-ive-always-found-irresistible\/","title":{"rendered":"An upward delegation I\u2019ve always found... irresistible!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now, let me confess something.<\/p>\n<p>What you see in the cartoon is a type of upward delegation\u00a0which I never managed to eliminate, as a manager.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>When I needed to send out a letter signed by me, I couldn\u2019t stop myself from reading it one last time.<\/p>\n<p>In some (very few) cases, just on principle. 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