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Effective Delegation: "I Not Only Use All The Brains I Have, But All I Can Borrow" - Woodrow Wilson

This document discusses effective delegation. It provides guidance on understanding delegation, its benefits such as saving time and developing skills, when and what tasks are suitable for delegation, and how to properly delegate tasks by identifying the task, setting goals, communicating expectations, and providing feedback. The overall objective is to help participants learn how to delegate work in their professional lives.

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Effective Delegation: "I Not Only Use All The Brains I Have, But All I Can Borrow" - Woodrow Wilson

This document discusses effective delegation. It provides guidance on understanding delegation, its benefits such as saving time and developing skills, when and what tasks are suitable for delegation, and how to properly delegate tasks by identifying the task, setting goals, communicating expectations, and providing feedback. The overall objective is to help participants learn how to delegate work in their professional lives.

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Effective Delegation

“I not only use all the brains I have, but


all I can borrow” – Woodrow Wilson
Objective
 To assist participants in:

 Understanding the concept of delegation

 Using it in their professional life


effectively
Let’s play a game
What is it?
Why don’t people delegate?
 High risk

 Want to be in the limelight

 Lack of trust

 Don’t know how to delegate


Why delegate? (Benefits)

 Saves time

 Develop people’s skills and abilities

 Motivates people involved


When to delegate?
When not to delegate?
What to delegate?
 Things subordinate can do better

 Things subordinate needs to do for growth

 Operational work

 Things for which you don’t have time


What not to delegate?
 What you yourself is not able to do

 What you are directly contributing to your business 

 Work your subordinates cannot perform effectively

 Management decisions

 Personal accountability
Continued..
 Discipline of employees

 Recognition and praise

 Supervision of subordinates

 Long-term planning
Who to delegate?
 Individual’s knowledge and skills

 Preferred style

 Current workload
How to delegate?
 Identify the task

 Set goals for the task

 Decide who can do the task

 Explain why the task has been delegated


Continued..
 Communicate what you want to be done
not the procedure

 Grant authority

 Feedback
Full acceptance
Summary

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