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My guest today is Kevin Hall from the Greater Anna Chamber of Commerce in Anna, TX. Kevin has been the Executive Directer in Anna for about 7 years now. Anna is a fast growing community but is still on the smaller side when compared to some other cities in the area. Kevin is the sole employee at the Greater Anna Chamber and as such, he has become an expert of sorts when it comes to delegating to his board and other volunteers. In this episode, Kevin shares what he has learned, both the good and the bad as he delegates. He also shares what areas he chooses to delegate.
Kevin tells us about a Chamber Banquet where he had to rely on the help of others to pull it off and things did not go as well as he would have liked. In retrospect, he realized that one of the main volunteers was being asked to do too much and was spread too thin. As a result, he let his volunteers know that change is okay, even on the fly as it happens at times. He encourages his volunteers to be more flexible and to communicate when things are not going well so they can make adjustments.
While planning for the Chamber’s Golf Tournament, Kevin talks about what he learned from the experience at the Chamber Banquet. He created a task list and then noted to his volunteers that the task list was flexible. With this flexible philosophy, the result was that the Golf Tournament turned out much better.
Kevin shared a couple of great take-aways in this episode.
The ABCD’s of Delegating:
- A) Absolutely needs to be done now.
- B) What needs to be done in hours.
- C) What needs to be done in days.
- D) What can be delegated.
Practicing this exercise regularly helps us to learn when we need to delegate.
The other great take-away is that everything has a cost. The cost comes in the form of Time, Treasure, or Talent.
If you would like to connect with Kevin Hall about anything that was discussed in this episode, he can be reached by the contact information below.
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