1. Group Discipline and Delegation
Jamie Douglas
RCLS-OTS Fall 2011

2. Overview Group Discipline Delegation Definition
Achieving Group Discipline
Delegation
Principles of Delegation
Effective Delegation

3. Group Discipline
Group Discipline: maintaining an orderly environment which furthers learning and education.
Mostly used during classes, activities, and projects.
In concrete terms it is:
Order
Quiet
Control
Attentiveness

4. Achieving Group Discipline
Officers supervise, NCOs achieve
Immediate obedience
Consequences
Classroom rules
Teamwork mentality
Element leaders will begin to implement Group Discipline.

5. Delegation
Delegation: the art of giving others the authority to make decisions, take action, and give orders on your behalf.
Why delegate?

6. Delegate with excellence
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
-President Theodore Roosevelt
Example

7. Types of Delegation Off the Cuff Deliberate Delegation
Need of the moment
Temporary authority
Deliberate Delegation
Comes with position
Does not expire until end of term

8. Principles of Delegation
The less you do, the more you accomplish.
The less you do, the more you enable others to accomplish.

9. Hindrances to Delegating
Failure to distinguish between authority and competence
Inability to distinguish between competencies and non-competencies
Guilt
Unwillingness to develop others
Leadership is not about getting things done right; it is about getting things done through other people.

10. Effective Delegation Logical Assignment
“Nothing breeds more confusion than misplacing and misemploying men in their undertakings…”
-Capt. John Smith

11. How to Assign Tasks

12. -General George Smith Patton, Jr.
Practicalities
Define the task and identify the outcome, not the process.
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
-General George Smith Patton, Jr.

13. How and What do I Delegate?
Job descriptions
Clear, careful instructions
Timing
Resources
Freedom and creativity
Leave them alone
Accountability

14. Summary Three factors: Aptitude Willingness Trust Delegate wisely
Delegate clearly
Delegate completely
Hold your people accountable

15. Questions…for you! What is Group Discipline? How can you achieve it?
What is delegation?
What are some practicalities of delegation?
How can you use this information in your squadron?