Juggling too many roles in your business? Time to delegate like a pro.
Delegation is the secret sauce to sustainable growth because you can’t GROW if you keep trying to do everything yourself — even if right now you’re a solopreneur.
Free up your time with these five tips:
- Prioritise: List your tasks and identify what ONLY YOU can do versus what can be delegated. Author Gay Hendricks describes this as playing in your “Zone of Genius”.
- Select the Right Person: Be sure to assign tasks to team members based on their strengths and skills. Is nobody on the team suitable? Find a contractor, supplier or freelancer.
- Delegate: ‘Delegate, don’t abdicate.” — Suzi Dafnis
- Clear Instructions: Be specific about your expectations and set clear deadlines. Your team can’t guess what you’re thinking. Make it easy for them to succeed at tasks.
- Trust but Verify: Let go but monitor progress, especially the first few times. The earlier you can make corrections, the sooner you’ll start to see reliable results.
- Feedback Loop: Establish a system for feedback both during and after task completion. Delegate, don’t abdicate.
Delegation is a skill. The more you practice, the better you’ll get, and the more your business will thrive.
Remember, you need to LET GO to GROW.
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