What Do You Know About Effective Delegating?
Effective delegation is an essential managerial skill. Being aware of the benefits of delegating and recognizing the risk of not passing work on to others can help you become a more effective manager. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of delegating.
Delegating accomplishes positive outcomes for you and your department: You can spend more time managing and less time doing tasks, and those to whom you delegate gain valuable training and increased responsibility.
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To determine which work to delegate, divide your tasks and assignments into two groups—those that require your personal attention and those that don't. Consider delegating those in the latter group.
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When you delegate, outline the tasks, expectations, and deadlines.
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Failure to plan these essentials ahead of time can result in confusion, marginal results, and missed deadlines.
You don't need to follow up at regular intervals with someone you've delegated a project to.
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Following up will help you maintain control and accountability. You can track easy assignments by asking how they're going. Complex projects may require formal reviews of goals, problems and deadlines.
Budget enough money, time, and any other resources needed for people to get the jobs you delegate done.
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Doing so allows people taking over the tasks to devote more time to doing them and less time to figuring out how to get them done.
Designate a page in your planner or a computer file for tracking delegated projects.
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For each project, note whom you assigned it to, one or more follow-up dates, and the deadline.
It's OK not to delegate assignments because you want full credit for getting all your work done.
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With this syndrome often comes the belief that personal value is measured by sweat rather than results.
It's best not to micromanage delegated projects.
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Letting people get projects done as they see fit empowers them to take on responsibility and can result in new and creative solutions to long-standing problems.
Always give a deadline to the person to whom you're delegating a project.
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After delegating a project, mark your calendar to remind you to ask how the project is going from time to time.
Find out what went wrong if people don't meet your expectations with projects you've delegated to them.
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Ask questions to determine what the person did wrong and what you can do next time to ensure better results.
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