Effective Delegation Skills
One of the key skills of effective management is achieving success through others, enabling your team to develop their skills and achieve success.
Description
There's a great deal more to delegating than simply passing extra work off to others. This one-day training course teaches supervisors and managers the skills they need to effectively delegate and ultimately, accomplish more. Delegation: The Art of Delegating Effectively addresses the many facets of this subject, including when to delegate and to whom, the process of assigning work to others, and techniques used to overcome problems.
Course Objectives
Participants will learn valuable skills, including:
- Clearly identifying how delegation fits into their job and how it can make them more successful
- Identifying different ways of delegating tasks
- Giving better instructions for better delegation results
- Monitoring results
- Giving effective feedback
How will this Training Course be Presented?
The programme is delivered as a blended learning solution consisting of Online components of self-directed learning supplemented by virtual classroom based lectures and workshops. An Online group collaboration portal has been established enabling delegates to post and respond to questions posed by facilitators and peers.
The Course Content
Module One: Course Overview
Module Two: Why Delegate?
- Advantages and Disadvantages
- More on Delegation
- Self-Assessment
Module Three: What is Delegation?
- Delegation Definitions
- Levels of Delegation
- Guidelines for Success
- Lateral Delegation
Module Four: Pre-Assignment Review
Module Five: Picking the Right Person
Module Six: The Delegation Meeting
Module Seven: Putting it into Practice
Module Eight: Giving Instructions
- Three Types of Instructions
- Preparing Instructions
Module Nine: Monitoring Delegation
Module Ten: Practicing Delegation
- Decision One
- Decision Two
- Decision Three
- Decision Four
- Decision Five
Module Eleven: Giving Feedback
- The Ingredients of Good Feedback
- Case Studies
Module Twelve: Becoming a Good Delegator
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
Personal Action Plan