How to Delegate to Be a Better Leader

In the home or on the job, leading will involve delegation or letting some else help with the shared goals. It's important to build your ability to delegate so you are more effective in what you do.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• You need a desire to be a better leader at home or on the job
• have an open mind about how you interact with people
• Be willing to work at being better

1. Take a look at your work load. Whether it is at home or on a job, you need to evaluate whether or not you need to delegate. If you think the world might crash without you doing something, you need to delegate.

2. Consider those around you and their own personal growth. If you do not delegate, you are restricting their opportunities to be challenged, grow, and contribute to the shared goals.

3. On your job, if you have the authority to delegate, find ways to encourage those around you by offering them the opportunity to take on a challenge or something new. Sometimes, asking for advice or help will open the door for some great ideas for you. It may also show you who has the ability and desire to share some of the burden or responsibility for your business. Consider what motivates those around you. Friendly relationships and real belief that another can do the job, can make a lasting impact.

4. If you can, delegate in steps or 'small bites'. Developing leadership should be part of your overall goal in being successful. Letting those around you help will give you the opportunity to praise them, build their self-esteem. They will probably be better workers as well. Consider how you will reward as you delegate more. It doesn't always have to be money.

5. In the home, some caregivers or parents feel everything rests on them. It can trigger resentment and an attitude that causes even more alienation from others. What used to be called "chores" may be better called the delegation of responsibility. If delegated responsibility can be presented with good attitudes, a recognized goal, and some kind of emotional or financial reward, home life can become quite nice.

6. Delegation can be the beginning of a new perspective on how your view your responsibilities. It makes you a better person, if done with the right attitudes. Not delegating can be self-limiting.

Tips & Warnings

• Conversation with others at home or on the job are key in laying the groundwork for delegation.
• Communication should never stop. That means listening as much or more that you talk about your goals and projects.
• Be careful not to look at delegation as just getting out of something you really don't want to do.
• There needs to be a sense of shared goals with those to whom you will delegate.
• You may have to raise your own expectations for your family or job in order to catch a glimpse of what you could do if you delegate.