Delegation for new leads

Skills you'll practise

• Choose tasks to delegate based on capacity, skills and development goals
• Set a clear level of authority for each delegated task
• Brief a task with outcome, deadline, resources, authority and checkpoints
• Support delegated work without taking it back, and handle 'reverse delegation'

Course outline

1. 1.Delegation and planningVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Delegation for new leadsVideo · 2 min
3. 3.Why new leads struggle to delegateLesson · 14 min
4. 4.Delegating in practiceLesson · 14 min
5. 5.A delegation plan for the whole teamLesson · 15 min
6. 6.Delegation for new leads: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 20 questions
7. 7.Delegation for new leads: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
8. 8.Let go of the stock countScenario
9. 9.Final exam8 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• General people-leadership practice for delegation and levels of authority
• Your organization's approval limits and policies