Americas Quarterly - Beyond Equal Rights. Erika Christakis: Why Mass Killers Are Overwhelmingly Male. There’s a predictable cycle of mourning and recrimination that follows a massacre like the shootings last week in Aurora, Colo.
First come the calls for unity and flags flown at half-mast. Then the national fissures appear: the gun lobby stiffens its spine as gun-control advocates make their case. Psychologists parse the shooter’s background, looking for signs of mental illness or family disarray. Politicians point fingers about “society run amok” and “cultures of despair.”
We’ve been down this path so many times, yet we keep missing the elephant in the room: How many of the worst mass murderers in American history were women? The baby boomers and the new digital generation. By Charlie Finch Now that I am in my 60th year, I find that my whole pathetic day-to-day existence is wrapped up in 30-something people (note: just as the 1960s ended in 1974 when Nixon resigned, so, in 2012, "30-something" means age 27 through 35).
Let me count the ways: my 32-year-old son, the successful mystery novelist, bursts into uncontrollable laughter at our bimonthly luncheons at Veselka when I attempt to relate my geriatric problems. His wife, the genius attorney who resembles Marcia Brady, ignores me because, after they eloped to Key West last year with my hearty approval. I didn't attend their second wedding in St. Louis, on the grounds that, according to the New York Times, they were already married. My 33-year-old squeeze, a genius painter and sculptor whose career I have been promoting on the down low since 2010, just moved into a new studio with some hack male geometric painter and cut me off for while, but now she and I are lovey dovey again. Why Aren't You Delegating? - Amy Gallo - Best Practices. You have way too much to do, you’re buried in work, and it seems there’s no way out from under it all.
But there is: delegation. Yes, yes, you know it’s important to do and you know it will save you time and help others develop new skills. So why aren’t you doing it? What the Experts Say Delegation is a critical skill. “Your most important task as a leader is to teach people how to think and ask the right questions so that the world doesn’t go to hell if you take a day off,” says Jeffrey Pfeffer, the Thomas D. Watch for warning signs You may not realize that you’re unnecessarily hoarding work.
Understand why you’re not delegating There are plenty of reasons why managers don’t delegate. Measure how you’re doing Once you’ve recognized what’s standing in your way, the next logical step is to adjust your behavior. Choose the right people Some managers fear delegation because they’ve been burned in the past. Principles to Remember Do: Don’t: