The Power of Delegation

Robert E. Lee delegated a lot of authority to his underlings because he realized, I think, that they had information he could not pull into one place. In the case of Lee, he gave them lots of freedom to innovate in their corner of the battlefield rather than getting a full report and figuring out this master plan. Eisenhower was not a great battlefield general, but he did his best to give Patton who would often act like a crazy man,. But with a spectacular battlefield general, he did hisbest to give Patton the delegate to Patton.