Managers have all kinds of excuses for not delegating—including not knowing what kinds of jobs to delegate. Get your feet wet by delegating tasks such as:
- Fact-finding assignments.
- Preparation of rough drafts of reports.
- Problem analysis and suggested actions.
- Collection of data for reports.
- Photocopying, printing, collating.
- Data entry.
What not to delegate: any task you could eliminate. Also, don’t delegate inherently managerial functions such as performance reviews, discipline, firing and so on.
— Adapted from “How to Delegate,” http://www.getmoredone.com.
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