TABLE OF CONTENTS In this session and in Session D we examine the process of effective delegation and ask you to apply the process in your work by delegating a suitable task to one of your team members. If you are not yet in a position to delegate, you will still find it useful to work through the sessions now, but plan to work through them again when you come to delegate tasks.
The skills of delegation include knowing what to delegate and to which member of your workteam.
In this session we will look in general terms at what parts of a team leader's job can be delegated; then you will look at your own work to select particular tasks that you can delegate and select a real task which you want to delegate.
Delegation can be a way of demonstrating that you recognize the skills of a particular team member, or the enthusiasm and commitment they possess. Depending on the type of task you delegate, it can also be part of a system of rewards, for example, if you delegate a desirable task rather than one that may be low priority or routine.
The success of delegation depends to a large extent on your choosing the most appropriate person to take on the job. To make this judgement you must get to know the strengths and weaknesses of team members. In the second half of this session you will choose an appropriate team member for the delegated task.
