As anyone who has led a team knows, being an effective manager involves more than making sure work gets done and goals are met. But for perfectionists, those aspects of the job can be especially challenging — because the only way to guarantee that everything is up to their standards is to do it (or at least carefully check it) themselves. In other words, some perfectionists may have difficulty delegating, and, as a result, find themselves overextended and possibly on the brink of burnout.
This is a problem that Melody Wilding — an executive coach and licensed social worker — addresses regularly with her clients. Based on her experience, she has developed some strategies to help perfectionists learn how to delegate (and then actually go through with it). She recently shared some of these tips in an article for Fast Company. Here’s what to know.
Start with a cost-benefit analysis
Although it’s likely that perfectionists are constantly weighing pros and cons …