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Following up on delegated items

Following up on delegated items

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Following up on delegated items

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- One common issue in the workplace is when a coworker or a team member delegates a task to someone else, and they fail to follow up with that person. Because they fail to follow up with that person, that person fails to complete the task. This is a common issue that is fairly easy to remedy. All we need to do is be more consistent with creating follow-ups. Here are some tips to make that happen. Number one is to establish some reminder tool for yourself. For instance, you can have a second calendar that is only used to pop up to remind you of when someone else should get something to you, or if you already have a task reminder tool that you're using effectively, you can use that as well. The idea, though, is that we want to get the pressure away from your mind to remember whether or not people are doing things. Use some sort of digital tool to do that for you. Second, whenever you have any doubt that someone is going to…

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