10 Tips To Delegate Your Tasks And Get Things Done Fast

Delegation is an essential managerial skill. However, it is the most difficult for some to put into practice. When done correctly, delegation is a win-win situation. That does not, however, imply that you may delegate anything. Delegation is not about adding extra work to your team, but about distributing it more efficiently such that tasks are assigned based on talents and responsibilities. If team members realize this, they will be more than willing to contribute to the team effort.

Managers might have some hesitations when it comes to delegating work to other people for a variety of reasons. We can list some of the reasons as follows:

Feel bad about adding extra tasks to another employee’s to-do list.
Desire to be vital to their team as the keeper of this specific knowledge
Believe it would take longer to describe the assignment than to complete it.
Certain projects might be enjoyable to do, thus they should not be reassigned.
They lack trust in the person or people they need to pass the project to.

Regardless of the reason, it is critical to continue practising the skill, since refusing to delegate might have negative consequences. You will not only overburden your calendar by prioritizing the incorrect activities, but your team will lose out on key learning and growth opportunities.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.
John C. Maxwell, author of Developing the Leaders Around You

Gallup researched the entrepreneurial skill profiles of 143 CEOs on the Inc. 500 list, an annual survey of America’s fastest-growing private companies, in 2014.
CEOs with high levels of Delegator skill made 33% more revenue in 2013 than those with low or restricted levels of talent: $8 million vs $6 million, respectively.