by Rick Baker
On Jun 18, 2013
How To Delegate
Some thoughts:
With the overall corporate best interest in mind, who should do the task?
Consider ‘bang for the buck’: particularly, the impact on our key corporate goals.
Under Delegation, there are task donors and task recipients.
Task donors and Task recipients need to COMMUNICATE CLEARLY.
Consider boss’s and subordinate’s views/likes/dislikes…
Rule of Thumb: for business-task delegation, one man’s trash isn’t generally another man’s treasure.
Rule of thumb [corollary]: leaders rarely assign unique tasks… is this task unique?
Consider fairness: the workload already on recipient employee’s plate, other staff’s plates, and your plate.
Delegation and Task Dimensions
[8 key task considerations]
Importance
Urgency
Time Requirement
Strengths
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Delegation
Office Morale
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Step Back and think a bit more before you do it.