I’ve never heard anyone say that they love being micromanaged.

But how do you assign tasks and ensure accountability? Whether you’re leading a business or team that is growing, or whether you’ve realized that you need to focus on the work you alone can do, you need to delegate well. As you manage projects or assign tasks, follow these tips to ensure that you can delegate tasks well, clearly define responsibilities, avoid micromanaging, and set your team up for success.  

• Focus on the outcome 
  • Define the ultimate goal and the parameters for success
  • Then give the team member the flexibility to develop their own plan to achieve that goal, within the parameters
• Set people up to succeed
  • Delegate tasks that align with strengths and interests
  • Celebrate success and address areas for improvement
  • Assign increasing levels of responsibility
• Combine responsibility with authority
  • Include decision-making authority with task delegation
  • Specify the decisions over which they have authority and the ones you’ll need to be consulted on

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