Delegation

Because you only have 24 hours in a day

It’s important to delegate effectively to your team.

But too many people in leadership roles don’t delegate as much as they should. They think to themselves:

• “It’s just faster if I do it.”

• “They aren’t going to want to do this.”

• “If I do it, I know it’ll get done right.”

• “It will take me more time to check their work as it would for me to do it myself.”

Ideally, leaders delegate everything that someone else on the team can do, so that the leader’s time is freed up for the things only they can do.

If you can delegate the tasks that someone else on the team can already do, it will free up some time for you to coach and train another person to do a different task or skill. You can then delegate to that person, as well. Repeat as needed.

If you delegate to your team members, you grow their skill-sets and their experience levels. If they don’t have opportunities to grow, their careers will stagnate. And you may discover new talents among your people—for quality control, proposal writing, design, etc. that can them help the entire team achieve more. These talented people can then train more junior team members, as well.

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