Effective Delegation

No doubt, effective delegation is a hallmark of leadership.

Delegation is defined as follow.
- To give a task to somebody else with responsibility to act on your behalf
- To give somebody else the power to act, make decisions or allocate resources on your behalf.

The keyword here is "on your behalf". That means I am accountable.

Here are the steps for effective delegation:
1. Identify the task to delegate.
2. Document the Action Plan: the correct way to perform this task, step by step, including the quality control standards for each step.
3. Clearly specify the expected results of the delegated task. Give information on what, why, when, who, where and how.
4. Have someone follow your Action Plan. Maintain open lines of communication. Don't micro-manage, but make sure that you are kept in the loop on progress and performance.