Keith Tatley

Manager Foundation

Delegation in management is a powerful task management tool. Because successful delegation is how managers manage their workload by engaging the skills and dedication of their employees to produce work. In this module, you'll learn how to deal with problems that arise from delegation.

Introduction - Delegation Mistakes to Avoid

Managing Delegation Problems - Introduction

Making a change like implementing delegation always comes with a disruption and risks. It's clear that effective delegation will improve the performance of your team and therefore result in you improving your deliverables. But the devil is in the detail. This means that total performance will increase but there will be some individual items at risk for a temporary drop in quality or service levels.

The Secret Ninja Manager Trick to keeping your stakeholders satisfied with service levels is to engage them in the change process. When they are engaged in the change process, they become invested in making a successful change. Instead of being a barrier to your delegation success, these stakeholders can help you get better delegation results.

You don't need to do this for every delegation you make. Only the sensitive / complicated delegations based on your judgement.

<h3>How you do this is:</h3>

First inform them that there is a change, explain the positive justification for the change, explain why you are asking them and ask them for their support:

This sounds like. "I'm implementing some processes to improve the performance of my team and I'd like to ask you for your support because you are an important stakeholder in these changes"

Just like in the delegation process, the key is to get their agreement upfront.

Then explain what you want them to do:

The small goal is that you want them to accept a little disruption.

The more that you ask them to be involved, the more successful you will be because this is how you get people to partner in the success/ failure. Top suggestions are:

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	<li>Ask them to work with your direct report to fix problems in the process as they occur</li>
	<li>Ask them to work with your direct report upfront to make the process work better. This is a good short cut way to "train" your direct report.</li>
</ol>

When you engage the stakeholders in your delegation process, then instead of getting problems like:

<ul>
	<li>Stakeholders not liking change</li>
	<li>Stakeholders being put at risk of temporary reductions to quality of service</li>
</ul>

What you can do instead is engage the stakeholders to assist you in making this change.

If you need more reference, use the change management principles that are detailed in the change management section.

How to Not Risk Your Own Deliverables to Your Boss and Other Stakeholders

Problems - sometimes life can seem like nothing more than fixing one problem after another. And the last thing you need is for your employees to bring you their problems to solve too. What's the point in delegating if you still end up having to solve problems? The point of delegating is so that your employees solve problems for you, not bring you more problems.

So how do you stop employees from bringing you problems? There are two ways. One is that you use Active Listening to encourage them to solve their own problems. And two: you work on the principle of ownership and explain this to your employees. This is what this section is about.

The Principal of Ownership. Responsibility for Managing Inputs

Managing Typical Delegation Problems

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