Delegation for Successful Managers

1. By Madan Mohan Mallajosyula
Business Trainer, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Madan.vna@gmail.com
For a Successful Manager

2. Appointing a person to act on one’s behalf.•
Entrusting of Authority, Power and
Responsibility to another.•
Delegation is also called Deputation in the
assignment of authority and responsibility to
another person.

3. It takes a strong person and a good leader
to effectively delegate tasks.
•Delegate for Quality
•Delegate for Even Distribution
•Saves Time
•Develops people’s skill and ability

4. •The belief that, ‘I can do it better myself’
•Attachment with previous responsibility
•Lack of confidence and trust in subordinates
•Low self-confidence and insecurity
•Unwillingness to accept risk
•Time involved in explaining the task
•Fear of loss of power
•Lack of availability of competent subordinate Subordinates’
resistance to delegation

5. •Things subordinate can do better
•Things subordinate needs to do for growth
•Operational work
•Things for which you don’t have time
•What you yourself is not able to do
•What you are directly contributing to your business
•Work your subordinates cannot perform effectively
•Management Decision
•Personal Accountability

6. Manager / Supervisor Benefits
•Reduced stress
•Improved time management
•Increased trust
Employee Benefits
Organizational Benefits
•Professional knowledge and skill development
•Elevated self-esteem and confidence
•Sense of achievement
•Increased teamwork
•Increased productivity and efficiency

7. Good Delegation
•Saves your time
•Develops your people
•Grooms a successor
•Motivates employees
•Allows to take up bigger assignments
•Improves productivity
•Improves communication
•Improves trust
•Improves outcomes
Bad Delegation
•Morale buster for the Team
•May lead to bad Blood in the Team
•Frustration
•Confusion
•Failure in completion of work

8. 1 Determine What to Delegate
2 Access Skills Required
3 Define the Task
4 Supply Authority and Support
5 Check Progress
6 Provide Feedback and Reward

9. •Right Task
•Right Circumstances
•Right Person
•Right Direction and communication
•Right Supervision and evaluation
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10. •Under delegation- Control Freak
•Lack of trust/ Confidence
•Desire to complete the whole work
•Fear of losing importance
•Limitation of time
•Lack of clarity
•Under Delegation
•Over Delegation
•Improper Delegation
•Desk Cleaner
•Don’t want any kind of load
•Quality work ISN’T their priority
•Freaks around
•Over-confident
•Poor management of time
•Feels insecure in their ability to perform a task
•Wrong time
•Wrong person
•Wrong reason
•Wrong task

11. •Don't desert your employee.
•Avoid placing blame on staff.
•Don't hold back important information.
•Never designate another individual to spy on the staff member.