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The Leadership Excellence Series

Delegate to Empower

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The process of transferring theresponsibility for a specific activity

or task from one person to anotherand empowering that individual toaccomplish a specific goal

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Delegation

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Lack of confidence

!ontrol

Selfishness

"nsecurity

#eluctance

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Barriers to Delegation

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%rioriti&e

'atch needs to availability and ability

(nowledgeable

'otivated

)ble

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Five Steps of Delegation

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)ssign responsibility

*escribe task and expectations

"dentify training needs

"dentify resources

Empower+grant authority

Establish accountability

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Five Steps of Delegation

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) more involved and empoweredworkforce

"ncreased productivity and -uality

#educed costs

'ore innovation

.reater commitment from team

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Benefits of Delegation

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Never tell people how to do things.Never tell people how to do things.

Tell them what to do and theyTell them what to do and theywill surprise you with their ingenuity.will surprise you with their ingenuity.

// .eneral .eorge Smith %atton0 r0.eneral .eorge Smith %atton0 r0

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