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Delegation & Empowerment

How to hand over work deliberately: choosing what to delegate, setting the right level of autonomy, briefing well, and following up without micromanaging. For supervisors, team leads and managers in industrial and energy organisations.

46m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons

What you'll learn

  • Explain why managers under-delegate and what it costs the team
  • Decide which tasks to delegate, to whom, and which must never be delegated
  • Select an appropriate level of autonomy for a given task and person
  • Deliver a complete delegation briefing covering outcome, constraints and checkpoints
  • Distinguish accountability from abdication when handing work over
  • Follow up on delegated work in a way that supports rather than micromanages

Curriculum

Progress through each competency level in order.

1

Awareness

  • Why Managers Under-Delegate
    Knowledge
    2m
  • What to Delegate — and What Never to Delegate
    Knowledge
    2m
  • Awareness Check: Delegation Basics
    Assessment
    5m
2

Knowledge

  • Levels of Autonomy
    Knowledge
    2m
  • Matching the Task to the Person
    Knowledge
    2m
  • Knowledge Check: Autonomy and Fit
    Assessment
    7m
3

Skill

  • The Delegation Briefing
    Knowledge
    2m
  • Practice: Plan and Deliver a Real Delegation
    Assignment
    3m
  • Skill Check: Briefing and Handover
    Assessment
    8m
4

Mastery

  • Accountability, Abdication and Follow-Up
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Mastery Assignment: Lead a Sustained Delegation
    Assignment
    3m
  • Mastery Assessment: Judgement Under Delegation
    Assessment
    7m

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