This document discusses how to effectively delegate tasks to employees. It outlines some key principles for managers: command - providing the necessary resources for employees to complete tasks; responsibility - the manager is ultimately responsible for outcomes while clearly communicating expectations to employees; and power - delegating appropriate authority so employees can complete tasks without bottlenecking. Effective delegation that follows these principles is the mark of a successful team and great leadership.

1. HOW TO DELEGATE
By Marat Tsirelson

2. The key to maximum productivity is
delegation. Not only does the practice allow
good managers to increase the manpower
available to any given task, it also allows
good managers to place specialists where
they can be most effective. Here are some
things to consider.

3. COMMAND
A manager’s job is to lead It is not
enough to simply say “go forth and
complete this task.” A good leader
makes whatever resources are
necessary available so the employee
can do their job well. This is one of
the most important principles any
leader must learn, lest they lead
their team members into impossible
situations.

4. RESPONSIBILITY
Concurrent with a delegated task is the
responsibility to complete it. This is far
more a matter of the relationship
between the manager and the employee
than it is an objective requirement for
success. Ultimately, the responsibility lies
with the leader, whose position requires
them to accept ultimate responsibility
for success or failure. That principle
must be clearly communicated to team
members so there is no ambiguity.

5. POWER
With the responsibility must come
the power. The alternative is a
leader who trades in their
managerial role for the role of
department bottleneck. Asking
employees to complete tasks without
giving them what they need to do so
is bad management and is often the
cause of failures large and small in
all kinds of different organizations.

6. Managers with the power to delegate
and lead a team must understand one
of their most vital functions is to clear
the way for their people. This is the
most efficient and valuable use of
power in any organization. Delegation
is the proper and some would say
primary function of a manager.
Effective delegation is the mark of a
successful team and a great leader.

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