Top 10 Reasons to Delegate Like A Boss

Proper work delegation is a critical part of leadership. As a team leader, boss, or someone in a leading role, you will always be asking yourself if it’s better to delegate work or complete it yourself. We’re here to assure you, though – delegation is 100% crucial to the long-term success of any leader. Here are our top 10 reasons why!

1. Proper delegation of work helps to maximize everyone’s productivity and work quality, as, ideally, they will be assigned tasks that best suit their particular skillsets.

2. Delegating saves a lot of time. Many leaders hesitate to delegate for fear of wasting time (when, inevitably, they have to go back over the work they delegated to fix mistakes, or redo the work themselves) but that doesn’t have to be the case. When tasks are done more effectively and efficiently, this means you and your team can quickly move on to the next task.

3. Delegating saves resources. After all, your employees are there to work – not utilizing them properly is wasting an extremely valuable resource! If you know your people, and know what they can and cannot handle, then you only stand to gain from delegating work.

4. Teams can tackle tasks that single workers cannot. From conceptualization to completion, a team is more likely to develop the best possible solution and see it executed properly.

5. Delegation almost guarantees improvement in staff competency and confidence. Many workers tend to perform only to their leaders’ expectations – when you show more trust in them, they will often rise to the occasion. That isn’t to say you should swamp your staff with work they’ve never done before, but never dismiss the opportunity to expand or strengthen someone’s skillset!

6. Delegating improves your own leadership skills. There’s more to leadership than handling everything yourself, and proper delegation of tasks and assignments is crucial to becoming a good leader. Filling out paperwork is a different skill than knowing how to make sure everyone on a team fills out their paperwork – and both are important!

7. Nothing will help you learn about the strengths and limitations of your team faster than delegating tasks out to them. This will help you play to their strengths in the future – or, when you can afford the risk, work to overcome their current limitations.

8. This should go without saying, but delegating work to others gives you time to focus on other tasks that require your attention. If you are regularly overworked, your work quality is going to suffer for it whether or not you want to admit it. It’s much wiser to choose your battles – delegate tasks that aren’t as critical, and focus on the tasks that require your personal touch.

9. You’re not perfect, and that’s okay! Delegating can make up for gaps in your skill or knowledge by utilizing the skillsets of others. If a single person could do everything themselves, a lot of people would be out of jobs! So swallow your pride and pass tasks on to the people who are best-suited to handle them.

10. Above all, proper work delegation builds a trusting and collaborative workplace.

Many leaders struggle with the idea of delegating work – either out of feelings of responsibility or out of fear that they can’t rely on their staff to deliver the same quality of work they could produce personally. However, delegating is crucial to good leadership. Done right, everyone stands to benefit, and you will be building a stronger, more effective team at the same time!