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Delegation
Delegating transforms you from a manager into a leader. That's because when you delegate, develop your people—and you generate enormous value for your organization.
Delegation, put most simply, involves the assignment of a specific task or project by one person to another, and the assignee's commitment to complete the task or project. It is one of the most important skills demonstrated by successful managers and one often neglected or overlooked by "overworked" managers. Effective delegators spend time planning work assignments and organizing resources to achieve business goals in the most productive way possible.
When you delegate, you not only transfer responsibility to another person, but also accountability for maintaining established standards.
Effective delegation can deliver short- and long-term benefits for you, your team, and your organization.
Delegating - Who benefits?
- Trust and communication improve between you and your staff: By delegating, you're saying, "I trust you to get the job done."
- You achieve goals that require cooperative group effort.
- You gain time to concentrate on higher-level tasks, such as strategizing your group's future direction, conducting business analyses, controlling operations, and coaching people who need help.
- You can test an employee's capabilities before offering a promotion.
- Trust and communication improve between your team and you. Team members feel valued because you've shown that you trust them to handle the work.
- Your team achieves goals that require cooperative group effort.
- Team members master new skills, furthering their professional development.
- Team members learn how to accept responsibility, plan work, and enlist others' cooperation.
- Develop more skills and can get more work done.
- Costs decrease when tasks are assigned to the right person at the right level. For instance, whenever someone at a higher pay scale carries out work that can be done well by someone at a lower pay scale, the organization is spending more than it needs to.
- Productivity improves when employees develop more skills and can get more work done.
