Delegation in Business (3 of 4)

When you begin delegating there are several important things you need to consider and plan around. Without considering these factors, you may find yourself wasting time at the other end, or being forced to redo work.

It is as important for you to plan the delegation of a job as it is to implement it. Every minute you spend planning will save you 10-12 minutes in execution.

In this video, Brian Tracy emphasises the importance of planning out the jobs you want to delegate. There is an old expression ‘a stitch in time saves nine’, which refers to the relatively large return on investing time early on in a project, and making sure you have done all the proper thinking. Too many problems in business come from the action without thinking.

Here are five questions you should answer before delegating a job:

1. What is the exact job that has to be done?
2. What level of quality do you expect? Are there any time restrictions?
3. How are you going to delegate the task effectively? Could there be a better way?
4. What are all the actions that need to be complete a job?
5. Does the job suit the person you are delegating it too?