Planning to DelegateResponsibility to the Employee
Now that you have determined what tasks to delegate to whom, take a few moments to plan for the delegation. To do this, you need to answer the following questions:
1. What is the overall goal or purpose of the task?
2. What specific results do I expect?
3. What does the task entail? What specific elements or skills are needed to complete the task successfully?
4. What resources are available to the employee to get the task accomplished?
5. What checkpoints or follow-up agreements need to be made?
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