Delegate & Give Responsibility

I distinctly remember one phrase written on the School Notice Board where they used to write ‘Daily Thought’. It was something like ‘Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it as Everybody thought Somebody will do it’. You got the message! 

If you say that keep the place clean in general, nobody will do it unless it is a culture in company. But if the responsibility is given to somebody that every hour or every day morning half hour/full hour is to be devoted to housekeeping, then it will definitely be done. If you see that it is not done, you know exactly who should be asked. 

Or take another example. You discuss in a meeting with 3-4 persons and find that you have to bring some stationary. As it is not specifically told, there is a chance that all will bring and the work will be duplicated. ‘Time waste, money waste’. 

So, next time when you delegate work to someone, remember to specifically give the responsibility.