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Delegation, when carried out effectively, can be beneficial for both the delegator, and the person to whom responsibility is delegated. This topic gives the user practical advice on the what, when and who of delegation, and advice on how to keep track of delegated tasks or projects.

 

Top Tips for Delegating

 

Some top tips on how to delegate whilst avoiding common pitfalls such as poor communication.

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How to Delegate

 

This article provides step-by-step guidance for managing the delegation process effectively.

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Top Tips to Help Your Managers Delegate

 

Use these top tips to support your managers as they develop their delegation skills.

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Top Tips for Dealing with Delegation Challenges

 

Delegating work to your team members can help to motivate, develop and engage them, but as a manager, it can sometimes present you with challenges. Here we look at some of the most commonplace problems that can occur during the delegation process, and provide some suggestions on how to address them.

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Preparing to Delegate

 

This template will help you to prepare to assign a delegated task to a member of your team effectively.

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Selecting an Approach to Delegation

 

Delegation is a key management skill, but it is not always appropriate to delegate in every situation. Undertaking this interactive self-assessment willl help you to identify whether to delegate a piece of work you have in mind, and what approach to take if you decide to do so.

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The Five Levels of Delegation

 

A useful model to help decide what level of supervision is necessary when delegating a task.

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The Delegation-Empowerment Continuum Model

 

A model to help you select the most appropriate management style when delegating work and/or empowering your team.

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Why Do I Want to Delegate?

 

A brief overview of the main reasons why anyone might want to delegate.

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What Should I Delegate?

 

This exercise will help you clarify your delegation priorities and the tasks you could delegate to your team. Allow 45 minutes for completion.

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Delegation Checklist

 

Some of the major issues to consider before delegating any piece of work.

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Assessing my Delegation Skills

 

This individual self-assessment is a useful tool for assessing attitude towards, and practices in, delegation.

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What is My Delegation Style?

 

A self-assessment to help participants identify their delegation style and how they may need to adapt it in differing circumstances.

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Sharing Expectations for Delegated Work

 

This exercise will help you and your team members to share expectations and ground rules for a new piece of work that you have delegated. Allow around 50 minutes for completion.

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Creating a Climate of Trust and Confidence

 

Delegation can only be successful in the right environment. In this article we look at how to create a climate of trust and confidence in order to foster effective delegation.

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Using Your Time Wisely

 

Use this exercise to track the next 20 tasks you undertake in your day-to-day work. From this tracking, you can identify the activities that you really need to do yourself and decide on the activities where you can share the responsibility by delegating to your team.

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