如果你指定错误的人来实现目标，并造成痛苦的后果，这是你的错，不是失败了的那个人的错。只要你是承受失败后果的人，你就是最终责任人。例如，你可能会选择授权给一位医生来弄清如何治疗你的疾病，但选对医生是你的责任，因为是你要承担他失败的后果。或者，你要建一栋房子，你会对一位建筑师说，“告诉我，我能建什么样的房子”，还是你会告诉建筑师，你希望住什么样的房子？涉及金钱时，尤其如此。如果你把财务管理权交给别人，他们通常不会像对自己的钱那么上心，而且如果干得不好，他们也不会将自己辞退。只有最终责任人才能做到。
当将某人置于承担责任的位置上时，要确保责任与动力相配，并且他们需要面对自己所创造的结果带来的后果。例如，要设计好他们的待遇，从而使他们干得好坏是基于你在他们负责的领域里干得好坏。这是做好管理的根本。
If you assign the wrong person to achieve the goal and suffer the consequences it’s your fault, not the person who failed’s fault. So long as you bear the consequences of failure, you are the ultimate Responsible Party. For example, while you might choose to delegate the responsibility of figuring out how to handle your illness to a doctor, it is your responsibility to pick the right one, since you will bear the consequences if he does a bad job. Or if you were building a house, would you go to an architect and say “show me the kinds of houses I can build” or would you tell the architect what kind of house you want to live in? This is especially true when it comes to money. If you delegate the oversight responsibility for your finances to others, they typically won’t hold themselves as accountable for your money as they would their own and they won’t fire themselves if they are doing a bad job. Only the ultimate RP can do that.
When putting someone in a position of responsibility, make sure their incentives are aligned with their responsibilities and they experience the consequences of the outcomes they produce. As an example, structure their deals so that they do well or badly based on how well or badly you do in the areas they are responsible for. This is fundamental for good management.![]()
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