Delegation Skills

Brief

Being able to let go and delegate tasks to others can be one of the hardest managerial responsibilities. The temptation is just to do it yourself - after all you're likely to do a much better and quicker job and let's face it its going to take more time than it's worth to explain to someone else how to tackle the task.

This all too common view only leads to disaster - lack of delegation will lead to you slowly drowning in work. Tasks will become half finished or poorly executed and you will end up with a disgruntled and demotivated team who are crying out to take on more responsibility.

This enlightening one day course will give you the confidence to let go of tasks without losing control and give you the skills to use delegation as a motivational tool to increase performance.

What will I learn?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Improve productivity and efficiency through effective, intelligent and planned delegation.
• Use your delegation style to identify the tasks that can and can’t be delegated, according to the strengths and weaknesses of the team.
• Strengthen your ability to delegate more varied and demanding tasks by accurately assessing the training and development needs of staff and implementing cost effective solutions.
• Ensure that new working arrangements improve work quality as well as quantity. Assess the risks of delegation accurately and plan for all eventualities.
• Ensure you and all your staff remain motivated, contributing appropriate skills and developing new ones to manage and complete activities and projects successfully.

Programme Materials

• Participant Guide
• Participant Handout
• PowerPoint slides presentation on CD
• Case studies
• Certificate