Finding a Balance Between Delegating and Micromanaging

20.05.12

Alexandra Mayzler’s delegation skills have vastly improved since we first met . But at the last meeting of our business group , she said she’s still too involved with the day-to-day minutiae of running her business, Thinking Caps Tutoring . “I want to move away from all hands on deck to each person has responsibilities,� Ms. Mayzler said.

The issues became more pressing, Ms. Mayzler said, after the company expanded from New York to Houston and Austin, Tex., and began hiring employees with managerial functions in addition to the tutors. Thinking Caps now has one education coordinator in Austin and one in Houston. In New York, Ms. Mayzler employs an operations manager and a math coordinator. She’s also about to hire an education coordinator.

Source: New York Times (blog)