THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



as a rule, boards and commissions are far less 

 effective in getting things done than single 

 men with clear-cut authority and equally 

 clear-cut responsibility. Another principle, 

 so well known that it has almost become a 

 proverb, is to delegate everything you can, 

 to do nothing that you can get someone else 

 to do for you. But the wisdom of letting 

 a good man alone is less commonly under- 

 stood. It is sometimes as important for the 

 superior officer not to worry his subordi- 

 nate with useless orders as it is for the sub- 

 ordinate not to harass his superior with use- 

 less questions. 



Let a good man alone. Give him his head. 

 Nothing will hold him so rigidly to his work 

 as the feeling that he is trusted. Lead your 

 men in their work, and above all make of 

 your organization not a monarchy, limited 

 or unlimited, but a democracy, in which the 

 responsibility of each man for a particular 



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