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Published on March 7, 2008

Employees get ahead in their careers, command higher salaries, more corporate perks, more holidays and more power to make important decisions.

Yet once these managers assume greater responsibilities, they actually forget that they are now in a position to manage their teams rather than try and to do everything themselves. 

In today's business, there is a lack of delegating and empowerment even in top global corporations, and it is firmly entrenched in Thai companies.

Therefore, it is safe to say that delegation and empowerment are still very innovative in modern management.

Modern chief executives delegate  responsibilities to their team unlike old-fashioned managers who still want to do everything themselves.

These managers feel insecure about their own self-worth, which unfortunately can burden the corporations with higher overheads, ineffective decision-making and lower morale.

This can also in turn affect the bottom line - higher overheads -because a corporation will have more expensive managers performing low-end tasks; ineffective decision-making because everything needs approval from direct superiors or the board; and lastly lower morale because everyone needs to be given their own responsibilities to give them a sense of self-recognition.

Such a management bottleneck will naturally translate into lower revenues, higher costs and a lower bottom line.

In my professional experience, I have learned how delegating work results in much higher productivity, much more satisfying results with fewer headaches.

I came to realise that I could not become a Jack of all trades. I  had to understand that my role as a chief executive is not just that of a leader but also a part of a team.

Delegating my responsibilities to the right people gives me much more freedom to think on the macro-level and find in-depth answers to problems.

I strongly recommend that you try this modern way of managing your team.

At least half your headaches will go away - and that is a guarantee.

Patee Sarasin is chief executive of Nokair.

Watch for his columns on the first Friday of every month.

The Nation