Delegating Work

by Harvard Business Review

You know you need to delegate some of your work so that you have time to focus on the things that require your expertise. But it's not easy to do. Delegating Work quickly walks you through the fundamentals


Establishing a productive environment
Assigning the right work to the right people
Conducting an effective hand-off meeting
Monitoring without micromanaging
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Genres: Business, Management, Leadership, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Self Help

112 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 6, 2014

Reviews

[Dr. Appu Sasidharan (Dasfill) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Delegating work is an art that can be mastered through experience. This book tells what, who, how, and why you should delegate your work.

The most crucial thing in delegation is to give the right work to the right people. You should also provide the necessary resources for them to carry out the work. This book will be an excellent choice to refresh your concepts if you are a company's manager or CEO or anyone who manages a group of people.

"Despite the benefits to all involved, many managers still feel uneasy about delegating. For instance, you might fear that by assigning your work to others, you abdicate responsibility and lose control because you relinquished day to day over site or pressed for time; you might like to do the job yourself rather than teach someone else how to do it. If this is your first leadership role, you might be reluctant to delegate the types of tasks that gave you your star power, such as mentoring junior employees."

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[Muslihah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is me trying to adult - the book was concise and full of actionable recommendations. Looking forward to reading the other titles in this series.

[Boon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, practical, direct-to-the-point.

Key takeaway

- Delegate entire project or function when possible
- Avoid assign only tedious or difficult job.
- Provide resources (staffs, tools, information, time, etc..)
- Make sure to communicate both what and why this task.
- Measure the success (what is the success)
- Identify the skill require, past performance, future plan, and availability.

Here are things that can’t be delegated
- Directing and motivating teams
- Aligning tea, strategy with company’s goals
- Evaluating performance
- Helping direct report dev career
- Hiring and firing staffs
- Handling complex customer negotiation

Three scope of delegating
- by task
- by project
- by functions

Level of authority to grant
- make and implement decisions needed without prior consult you
- make decision needed, but notify you before implementing
- make recommendations for final decision which you will approve
- provide you with several alternatives, which you will make a decision
- provide you with relevant info, which you will develop alternatives

Making the assignments
- Describe the tasks, projects, or functions
- Introduce background material
- identify resources and available
- Establish the feasible timeline with agree-upon deadline
- Explain level of authority
- Agree upon standard performance, measure of success
- Determine the process for follow up and feedback
- Discuss your possible involvement

Don’t let the monkey leap back to you

[Amjed Chand · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear and concise.
No bullshitting around.. like narrating some stories, anecdotes, setting premises defining the problem and presenting a solution.
Someone in a managerial role knows the works needs to be done, given limited time it cant be done buy him alone.. the Solution ? Delegate the work.
This book provides sort of manual how you
1. Delegate
2. Choose who to delegate
3. What to delegate
4. How to track progress/follow up
5. and much more.

[Jakub Dembiński · Rating 4 out of 5]

Krótka i treściwa pozycja o delegowaniu zadań i procesów. W godzinę możesz usłyszeć dokładny poradnik:
-jak delegować
-jak wybrać co masz delegować
-jak sprawdzać postępy
Do tego wszystkiego dochodzą porady np. jak przedstawić delegowane zadanie osobie, która ma je wykonać. Zwłaszcza jeśli zadanie będzie nudne, ale trzeba je wykonać. Czy jak pomagać podczas całego procesu.

[DAVID C RUST · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid but not amazing

Ok. Good framework. Pretty self explanatory (very few 'aha' moments). It could benefit from an update since how worknis done is pretty dated in a digital world.

[Manan Younas · Rating 5 out of 5]

To the point - concise

To the point. Concisely written. Goes directly into tactics and to do list to get started with delegation. Good read.

[Gregg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a solid primer with some good lessons in a very short period of time.

[Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise break down of delegation and a good thing to listen to for those who have direct reports but can't seem to get caught up.

[Rebeca Núñez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Útil, breve y claro. Tiene muy buenas ideas, no solo aplicables a lo laboral.

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of great points in a very concise format

[Bjorn Martensson · Rating 2 out of 5]

This felt more like an article than a book, and I didn't think it was practical enough.

[Dr. Tathagat Varma · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good primer for any manager

[Naveen Kumar · Rating 3 out of 5]

#87 of 100 self help books
Good

[Wesley Custer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brief and to the point. Helpful as a refresher if you’ve been managing for a while.

[Jeroen Verbraak · Rating 2 out of 5]

Searching with Google would provide you with better resources how to delegate effectively. Not worth the money.

[Matthew Mechtly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise take on when, why, and how workers should delegate work.

[Mohamed Eltaweel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good actionable recommendations

[Xanath Baudin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful

[Nicole Rothenay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice short read on how to delegate successfully. This felt more topical than purely actionable, so it read like a nice reminder that you should be delegating.

[Jai · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is so essential, practical, useful, and concise.

[Simranjit Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a crisp guide for a comprehensive study on the technique of delegation.

[Ian Khan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read regarding delegation. Some good pointers in there. Maybe would serve as a good refresher for someone looking for a memory jogger on how, where and why to delegate.

[CA Ram Melam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delegation of work from Harvard Business Review is not very lucid and practical, but we can utilize this short work for academic purposes.

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