Leaders are responsible for overseeing a workload, making decisions, and achieving results that are beyond the scope and volume that one person can accomplish alone. That's why we lead teams!
How we divide up the work, choose which tasks and responsibilities we take on ourselves or pass to others, and how we set up for success those we delegate to, all have massive consequences to the success, sustainability, and profitability of projects, departments, and companies. I addition, when we feel maxed out it sucks, and rarely helps us make the best strategic decisions.
Proactive, effective delegation is the essential foundation that great leadership is built upon.
How each leader chooses to approach delegation is unique to their leadership style, and can be influenced by their leadership ethos, training, prior good and bad experiences, the composition of their team, the support they have from above, the current pressures and workload of their team, and many more factors. Delegation may be an easy concept in theory, yet it is hard to perfect in practice as it opens up so many logistical and psychological minefields.
Let's supercharge your success by finding the subtle shifts in how you delegate, that will make the biggest impacts for you and your team.