As an employee or in the early stages of our your career, you would have been acknowledged or rewarded for operating independently and diligently. As a result, you have felt at ease being in full control of your work. When we move into positions of leadership, managing others, one of the hardest challenges is relinquishing that control. Trust is a tricky thing. Trusting someone else with a task that you take responsibility for, is confronting, as it is your reputation that is on the line. Ideally, we need to identify that this is a process of shared ownership.It’s not all about you.
Keep your finger on the pulse but don’t micro-manage.
The right balance will allow you to keep abreast of what your team are doing, to guide and support without micromanaging. When things go wrong, you will ideally be seeing the error in early stages, rather than when the issues have built momentum to a major problem. A strong leader will not pass blame, but allow the team the opportunity to learn and to rectify, reducing risk in the future. The key is to learn how to become effective at managing a project, where it is best to spend your time and energy.Round pegs in round holes.
Set the parameters.
Empower your team.
Do
- Get to know your team’s strengths & weaknesses
- Create opportunity for regular feedback
- Provide clear instruction and deadlines
- Be open to mistakes
- Take responsibility for the team
Don’t
- Micromanage
- Delegate tasks that you wouldn’t be prepared to do yourself.
- Punish or blame for mistakes
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Barbara Clifford (a.k.a The Time Tamer) has spent over 20 years working in stressful and time precious industries such as film, hospitality and marketing. She has always had a burning passion for creating order out of chaos. Barbara assists people to find clarity in their environment, control of their time and alleviate stress. From gay bars to cruise ships, Barbara’s professional experience has been diverse, including contracts with small business, Not For Profits, Aboriginal Organisations, Media, Marketing, Aged Care and Health Services to name a few. Find out more at timetamer.com.au
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Barbara Clifford – The Time Tamer – Time Management & Stress Management Enthusiast
Barbara Clifford (a.k.a The Time Tamer) has spent over 20 years working in stressful and time precious industries such as film, hospitality and marketing. She has always had a burning passion for creating order out of chaos. Barbara assists people to find clarity in their environment, control of their time and alleviate stress. From gay bars to cruise ships, Barbara’s professional experience has been diverse, including contracts with small business, Not For Profits, Aboriginal Organisations, Media, Marketing, Aged Care and Health Services to name a few. Find out more at timetamer.com.au
2 Replies to “5 Simple Things to Remember for Effective Delegation by @Barbclifford”
Monique Mayers
Excellent point of view in here! I agree that Delegation isn’t tied in with bossing individuals around to make your life less demanding. Keep your finger on the beat however don’t miniaturized scale oversee. Thanks for simple things it helps a lot!
Barbara Clifford[ Post Author ]
Thanks for the great feedback Monique.
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