Delegating Effectively

Doing something yourself may seem easier and feel safer than handing it off to someone else - particularly if you have been doing the task well for a long time. But if you don't learn to delegate, your team won't develop and grow, and you'll never fully make the shift from "me" to "we." When you delegate, you empower the people who work with you and help them grow. Delegation is also key to helping you grow and develop as a strategic thinker because it helps free you up to focus on strategic tasks. It's more than just a critical leadership skill; it's a mindset that many leaders overlook. If leaders don't learn to delegate, they won't be able to grow their span of influence and they may end up stunting their own career growth. In this course, you'll learn about the key aspects of delegation and why strong delegation skills are important for a leader. You'll also learn how to recognize the signs that you may need to delegate more in your leadership, as well as how to delegate effectively.

The authors share details pertaining to the importance of good delegation skills and the habits that can help to build good delegation skills.

Excelling professionally requires more than individual efforts. It demands a strategic partnership with your manager, where upward delegation becomes a catalyst for shared success. By managing and delegating up, you can tap into your managers' expertise, leverage their support, and collaboratively drive your careers to new heights. In this course, you'll learn to recognize the value of delegating up and explore ways to establish a partnership with your manager for professional success. You'll learn how to navigate upward delegation and how to move ahead in your career by managing and delegating up effectively.

Making the transition from individual contributor to frontline leader can be a daunting adjustment. Moving into a leadership role involves more than just getting a new title. It means adopting a leadership mind-set, developing new skills and leadership competencies, and understanding your new relationships with those above and below you on the organizational chart. In this course, you'll learn how to adjust your mindset, develop your delegation skills, and build relationships to succeed in your new leadership role.