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Delegation as a Leadership Style. ... As a supervisor, manager, or team leader, you make daily decisions about the appropriate leadership style to employ in each work situation. You want to foster employee involvement and employee empowerment to enable your team members to contribute their best effort at work.

The Importance of Delegation. To delegate is to assign responsibility and authority to someone else in order to complete the task at hand but you retain the overall responsibility for its success. Delegation of authority is very important to any organization as it empowers employees or team members.

Through delegating powers, the subordinates get a feeling of importance. ...Delegation also helps in breaking the monotony of the subordinates so that they can be more creative and efficient. Delegation of authority is not only helpful to the subordinates but it also helps the managers to develop their talents and skills.

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The Common Barriers in Delegating Authority:

Reluctant To Delegate. Some managers are reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates.
Fear Of Losing Importance.
Loss Of Control.
Mutual Distrust.
Fear Of Subordinates.
Incompetent Subordinates.
Lack Of Motivation.

Here are the six steps you should work through when delegating:

Prepare. Employees can't deliver quality results if the task delegated to them isn't fully thought out, or if expectations keep changing.
Assign.
Confirm understanding.
Confirm commitment.
Avoid “reverse delegating”.
Ensure Accountability.

Delegation involves following three elements:

Assignment of Responsibility: The first step in delegation is the assignment of work or duty to the subordinate i.e. delegation of authority.
Grant of Authority: The grant of authority is the second element of delegation.
Creation of Accountability

Seven delegation strategies to practice:

Learn to let go.
Establish a firm priority system.
Play to your workers' strengths.
Always include instructions.
Don't be afraid to teach new skills.
Trust, but verify.

The Easy Method

I want to introduce a method that is simple and I created a Delegation Planner for anyone to be able to follow very easily. The planner has the following pages:

Year to Date Calendar – know the dates
Meeting Organiser – determine the meetings you will have to arrange
Meeting Agenda
Project(s) Organiser Sheet – What are the projects and who is best suited to do specific tasks
Project Task Listing – What are the projects and who should be involved
Delegation Task Planner – List who will do what task based on the listing of tasks needed to complete the project
Delegation Follow-up/Tracking Sheet – follow up on the status of where the person has reached with the task they are responsible for
Delegation Call To Action Planning Sheet – Plan out all that each person does
Monthly Plan – for each month where does the project need to be
Weekly Plan- the plan for the week and the status
Daily Planner- what has to happen each day
Today’s List – the list of tasks for each person to know what they need to do
Scheduling Sheet- block the times for every task that they are doing
Notes to Remember – general notes
Delegation Process Instruction

Why Subordinates do not accept Delegation:

Subordinates may reluctant to accept delegation of authority for the following reasons: Subordinates may lack confidence in their ability to accept additional responsibility. Subordinates may reluctant to accept authority and make decisions for fear that they would be criticized or dismissed for making wrong decisions.