Do you feel stressed and overloaded?
If so, then you may need to brush up your delegation skills!
This is reality..you can’t do everything that everyone wants, and this can leave you stressed, unhappy, and overloaded.
To delegate effectively, choose the right tasks to delegate, identify the right people to delegate to, and delegate in the right way. There’s a lot to this, but you’ll achieve so much more once you’re delegating effectively!
This is why delegation is such an important skill, and is one that you absolutely have to learn!
Would you rather be focusing on all of the things you have to do, or do you want to use that time to get results that really matter to you?- by Tony Robbins
The power of delegation
As an entrepreneur, your time is your most valuable asset, that is why Delegation is so important, because as a leader, your job is to concentrate on those things that only you, as the leader can do. This is where the effectiveness of an organization increases exponentially Effective delegation is the secret to successful leadership. The purpose is two-fold: to accomplish the task at hand and to develop the employee charged with its completion. If applied properly, it’s a technique that saves time, money, and morale, while increasing the capabilities of your human resources. Mishandled, delegation can be a catastrophic failure resulting in poor performance, resentment and inefficiency.
Keeping Control
Take time to explain why they were chosen for the job, what’s expected from them during the project, the goals you have for the project, all timelines and deadlines and the resources on which they can draw. And agree a schedule for checking-in with progress updates.
Make sure that the team member knows that you want to know if any problems occur, and that you are available for any questions or guidance needed as the work progresses.
We all know that as managers, we shouldn’t micro-manage. However, this doesn’t mean we must abdicate control altogether: In delegating effectively, we have to find the sometimes-difficult balance between giving enough space for people to use their abilities to best effect, while still monitoring and supporting closely enough to ensure that the job is done correctly and effectively.
The Importance of Full Acceptance
When delegated work is delivered back to you, set aside enough time to review it thoroughly. If possible, only accept good quality, fully-complete work. If you accept work you are not satisfied with, your team member does not learn to do the job properly. Worse than this, you accept a whole new tranche of work that you will probably need to complete yourself. Not only does this overload you, it means that you don’t have the time to do your own job properly. Of course, when good work is returned to you, make sure to both recognize and reward the effort. As a leader, you should get in the practice of complimenting members of your team every time you are impressed by what they have done. This effort on your part will go a long way toward building team member’s self-confidence and efficiency, both of which will be improved on the next delegated task; hence, you both win.
Key Points
By delegating effectively, you can hugely expand the amount of work that you can deliver.
When you arrange the workload, and you are working on the tasks that have the highest priority for you, and other people are working on meaningful and challenging assignments, you have a recipe for success