Notes from Today’s Tuesday Reading: How Well Do You Delegate? - Discover how to improve

What and When to Delegate

Assuming you have accepted work, do it yourself when it is:

• Due in less time than it would take a delegate to accomplish
• Directly related to your own objectives and priorities
• Critical to the success of a project
• Confidential or sensitive in nature
• Incompatible with the skills and expertise of your potential delegates

Otherwise, delegate.

To Whom to Delegate

• Delegate large projects to teams of people with appropriate responsibility and clearly defined authority for decision-making
• Delegate to the most qualified person
• Delegate to people as a means of developing their skills
• Delegate to people who report to you

How to Delegate

• Explain clearly, what you expect the delegate to do and why it is important
• Agree to an end-point and checkpoints along the way
• Talk openly about the consequences of missing and the benefits of meeting deadlines and expectations
• Let delegates know that you expect them to come to you with solutions to problems they encounter, instead of simply asking for more instructions.

How Well Do You Delegate? - Discover how to improve.

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