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How To Effectively Delegate
If you are honest, delegating effectively is one of the toughest challenges you face. People avoid delegating for a number of reasons:
• Don’t understand the need to delegate
• Lack confidence in team to do what they require
• Don’t know how to delegate
• Tried and failed in the past so have a built in resistance
• Like doing a particular job so don’t want to let go of it
• Don’t understand their role as a manager
• Frightened of making themselves seem easily replaced
• Think they have no time to delegate
• Have nobody to delegate to
So how can you be more effective at delegating?
• Plan it in advance
• Think exactly what you want done
• Consider guidance needed
• Brief appropriately and check understanding
• Establish review dates and check understanding
• Create a buffer period so that there is time for revisions as required
• Delegate whole jobs, where possible
• Inform others who are involved
• Stand back, don’t hover
• Recognise work may not be done exactly the way you would do it
• Delegate responsibility as well as task
About the Author Duncan Brodie
Since 2006 I’ve worked with in excess of 8,000 accountants and professionals in workshops, seminars and one to one helping them land their next jobs and become better leaders, presenters and business partners. Before that I spent 25 years in accountancy climbing the career ladder from Payments Clerk to FD. I’m a CIMA Fellow, Certified Professional Coach and Team Coach Facilitator.