Day: November 24, 2015

The Art of Delegation

Recently I was having a conversation with another adult leader on a retreat. While we were talking, a group of youth was working to set up one of the activities for the night. We both noticed this and proceeded to steer the conversation towards reasons why it is better for us to continue being on the sidelines while the youth did the work. If we went and helped, we might mess things up. They’re doing so well on their own. If we go help, then they’ll have to split the sense of accomplishment five ways instead of three, so...

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