Delegating Skills

Empowering others to achieve complimentary outcomes to benefit the whole organisation

INTRODUCTION

As a senior executive, effective delegation not only gives you more time to work on your important strategies and opportunities, but also empowers you to help others on your team, to contribute more to the organisation and learn new skills.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this workshop, participants will have a better understanding of...

Become comfortable with delegating and getting your desired outcomes
Be able to spend more time on strategic initiatives by identifying, rationalizing and delegating the routine part of your activities
Define the outcome and limit of authority that goes with the delegated job
Help to grow your colleagues to contribute more to the organization by delegating the right task to the right people

KEY TOPICS

1. Basics of delegating

Selecting the right person
Specifying preferred result – S.M.A.R.T Goals
Understanding the responsibilities and authority
Establishing a seamless feedback system

2. What to delegate?

Useful tools to prioritise and rationalize your tasks
Identifying “toxic” tasks
Ensuring commitment

3. Delegating technique

S.I.P.S. – Situation / Issues / Possibilities / Solutions

4. Role play exercise

The participants will be divided into four groups. In each group, one participant will be chosen to be the manager and another to be a new employee. They will role-play based on a given delegating assignment.

The other member(s) of the group will observe and take notes and then share their reactions with the participants.

The participants will also be given feed back on their performance by the facilitator.

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