Delegation Made Easy

Course Overview

The importance of delegation should not be underestimated. Employees often crave trust and responsibility.

Delegation is not the giving out of tasks or 'jobs to be done'. Normally, a delegated task takes more than a short time frame to complete. It does not involve telling people what to do, rather it involves explaining the outcomes and results they are expected to achieve. They are then expected to work out the 'how' and the steps involved.

Through improved delegation, communication and time management skills staff will be better equipped to make decisions and promote the spirit of teamwork and mutual support required to achieve team goals.

This course explores how managers and leaders can best delegate effectively to achieve high performance and productivity from their team members, strategies and skills for planning delegation, carrying out the delegation, and managing are developed in this course.

The course will help employers and managers:

• To identify the benefits of delegation
• To identify delegation styles
• Identifying and establishing delegation goals
• To identify tasks that should be delegated and matching people’s capabilities to delegation tasks
• To identify the guidelines for preparing and monitoring progress on delegated tasks
• To identify the guidelines for evaluating results from a delegated task