YES! Delegation is one of the most imperative management skills. Good delegation saves you time, develops your people, grooms a successor and motivates. Poor delegation will cause you frustration, demotivate and confuse the other person and result in failure in achieving 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 itthe duty 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 recognise 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 or those people. Why to that person or those 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 whether the job is being successfully done.
- Concur the deadlines
When should the job be finished? For an ongoing duty, when are the evaluation dates? If the task is complex and has parts or stages, what are the immediate ones?
At this stage, confirm understanding with the other person of the previous points to get ideas and interpretation. Schemes for checking and controlling must be in agreement with the other person. He or she should show you that the job can be done; this helps support obligation. - Evaluate results
It is necessary to ask your people how they are doing and whether they have achieved their aims. If not, you must evaluate with them why things did not go as planned 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.