20 Top
Delegation Tips
DAVID SALMON
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Effective delegation is one of the most important skills in management. Skills in delegating authority are an ability that helps managers in handlings impossible tasks, especially if you need to delegate a new responsibility to someone. With regards to that, there are some logical rules and tactics that can help you in delegating well.
Of course, apart from that these delegation techniques and tips do not only help you but as well as your manager. If you are able to delegate well, you effectively save time so you can do well your other responsibilities. You will also be able to develop and motivate your people as well as train your successor on how to become a reliable manager.
On the other hand, if you are not able to properly delegate you may have to deal with a lot of frustrations along the way. Instead of motivating your people, you may end up confusing them and thus fail to achieve your purpose. Delegation is definitely a skill that is worth improving as a manager. That is, if you don’t want to fail the people and the institutions relying on you.
As such, this book is created to help you improve your delegations skills. It comes with simple steps, the basics of delegations, tips, strategies and techniques so that you can become an effective manager. It will help you get delegation right and take you step by step to the levels of delegation freedom you can take.
It aims to help get away from being stuck at not being able to effectively delegate work for the benefit and development of the task. It can be one of the hardest to learn and some is not even able to but in through this guide, you can have a wide array of tips to successfully delegate.
It provides you with the general processes and principles in delegation. They all are applicable for individuals and teams as well as for teams formed for individual projects. If you are confused with the concept of delegation and needs a clear-cut guide, this book will give you guidance that you need.
SMART Rules for Delegation you have to be Aware of
It is a fact that delegation is a very important skill that you have to develop as a manager. With effective delegation, you can delegate tasks and responsibility in a way that will be easy for the whole team. When it comes to that, there is a simple rule that you best follow. This simple delegation rule is embodied in the acronym SMART or SMARTER.
That means that when delegating tasks and responsibilities, it has to be specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, time-bound, ethical and most definitely has to be recorded. Additionally, when your people achieve something and is recognized for a job-well done, it results to high level motivation that increases their productivity.
If you are able to incorporate this rule to when you delegate, you have already taken the first step to successful delegation. In line with that, here are also some keys that will help you in ensuring that your delegation does work: