I continue to work helping leaders and their teams and one of the things that comes up repeatedly is delegation. It’s one of those capabilities that's often assumed so when people get more senior, any deficiency in delegation really gets punished! So leaders get overwhelmed and exhausted and certainly suffer with poor work/home balance!
This tip is a general leadership one but two of the leadership styles I discuss are really important for delegation. These are Visionary and Coaching. Visionary gives the context for people to be delegated to effectively, and Coaching is about developing the other and that’s what delegation is really about - helping others to develop by ensuring the work is in the right place, not just offloading work to others!
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