If there is one important thing I can suggest to you, it is to read. Having learnt the art of delegation in increasing frequency,  I tend to read a lot. I should also give credit to my team who offer me such excellent support.  It’s interesting what pops out of the woodwork now and again.  I caught this article today about football managers: -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/simonaustin/2009/05/experience_matters_in_manageme.html

Seeing some of the stats caught my attention and a few phone calls later I uncovered quite a bit of research that had been done, that I hadn’t previously been aware of. Unfortunately I doubt I will be able to use it till next season. Till then more reading by the look of it!