YES! Delegation is one of the most imperative management skills. Good delegation saves you time, develops you people, grooms a successor, and motivates. Poor delegation will cause you frustration, demotivates and confuses the other person, and fails to achieve the task or purpose itself. Here are the simple steps to know when your delegation is a success:
Successful Delegation is when you……
Describe the responsibilities included
Does it meet the criteria for delegating? Validate in your own mind that the duty is suitable to be delegated.
Choose the individual for your project
What are you going to get out of it? What’s in it for you? What are your reasons for delegating to this person?
Evaluate capability and trainings needed
Is the other person or team of people competent for the task? Do they recognize what needs to be done. If your answer here is NO then, you can’t delegate.
Clarify the reasons
You must clarify why the job or responsibility is being delegated to that people or person. Why to that person or people? What is its significance and relevance?
Point out the essential results
What must be achieved? Clarify understanding by getting feedback from the other person. How will the task be measured? Make sure they know how you intend to decide that the job is being successfully done.
Concur the deadlines
When should the job be finished? Or if an ongoing duty, when are the evaluation dates? And if the task is complex and has parts or stages, what are the immediate ?
At this stage , confirm understanding with the other person of the previous points, getting ideas and interpretation. Scheme of checking and controlling must be agreed with the other person. As well as showing you that the job can be done, this helps to support obligation.
View on results
It is necessary to let the person know how they are doing, and whether they have achieved their aims. If not, you must evaluate with them why things did not go to plan, and deal with the problems.
Follow these simple steps and dive right into delegation. As you become more successful in delegating, you will feel more certain in adding to your “Stop Doing” list. Then use your time on something much more impactful for your business, or much more pleasurable for you.