Effective Delegation

Course description

Effective delegation is an essential skill to learn if you want to be an effective manager. After all, the best managers don’t strive to be super-heroes. Instead, they are exceptional at picking good people to do what they need to have done and then letting them get on with it. However delegating effectively can be difficult. It means identifying the right tasks to delegate, overcoming barriers to delegation and taking the time to delegate properly so that everyone knows what they’re expected to do and by when. When it’s done right the benefits are numerous and improve the working lives of everyone involved from the managers to the staff and it has wide ranging benefits to the organisation as a whole. This course will start with the essentials - defining exactly what we mean by delegation and why it’s so important. It then goes into details about, the elements of delegation, overcoming the barriers to delegation, how you can choose which tasks to delegate and who to the process of delegation and much more. Course Module Module Name Pass % Number Required

Course content

1. 1The course structure
2. 2What is delegation and why is it so important?
3. 3Elements of delegation
4. 4The benefits of delegation
5. 5Overcoming the barriers to delegation
6. 6Choosing what to delegate
7. 7Who you should delegate to
8. 8The process of delegation
9. 9Completion, follow-up and evaluation