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
- 2mWhy Managers Under-DelegateKnowledge
- 2mWhat to Delegate — and What Never to DelegateKnowledge
- 5mAwareness Check: Delegation BasicsAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 2mLevels of AutonomyKnowledge
- 2mMatching the Task to the PersonKnowledge
- 7mKnowledge Check: Autonomy and FitAssessment
3
Skill
- 2mThe Delegation BriefingKnowledge
- 3mPractice: Plan and Deliver a Real DelegationAssignment
- 8mSkill Check: Briefing and HandoverAssessment
4
Mastery
- 3mAccountability, Abdication and Follow-UpKnowledge
- 3mMastery Assignment: Lead a Sustained DelegationAssignment
- 7mMastery Assessment: Judgement Under DelegationAssessment
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