
It is important for every employers to understand how to perfect the art of delegation. Delegation can be difficult for leaders who may feel another person cannot perform the same task well. Being a leader comes with more responsibilities.Because a leader may be away from the company to attend meetings with clients and investors, delegation is a very important task.
Before a leader delegates a particular employee, it is important to ensure person delegated is fully enlightened about the service required.
Also a manager should know what tasks should be assigned and which ones should not. In case of sensitive duties it is more preferable that the manager handles them him/herself.
It is important for leaders to nature the abilities and capabilities of the employees. Delegation makes employees more aware of managerial duties, this makes them able to carry out managerial duties in the absence of the employers.
Delegation is sometimes be a hard task to employers who fear losing control. Delegation, however can save an employer huge amount of time and enable him/her focus on other tasks of the business.
The process however requires patience, because while the employer is specialized in the task, the other employees will have to undergo a learning process to be able to perform the task well.
Being a leader comes with more additional tasks yet both the employer and employees have equal amount of working hours in a day. This makes delegation a necessity to employers due to higher expectation in service delivery from them.