https://www.womenonbusiness.com/5-psychological-barriers-keeping-you-from-delegating/ Business Women Expertise, Tips, Advice and More to Build Winning Careers and Brands Wed, 26 Apr 2023 01:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.womenonbusiness.com/5-psychological-barriers-keeping-you-from-delegating/#comment-32895 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 03:52:31 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=55305#comment-32895 You have raised very important barriers to delegation that managers need to be aware of and consider as not delegating has many ramifications as you point out. Another barrier that relates to your #5 is that many managers / business owners start out as technical professionals before becoming managers or business owners and this is a comfort zone for them. This is what they know and do well and delegating may not be a skill that they have developed.
A good starting place, is to list all of the things that you are doing and identify which of them could be delegated and to whom they could be delegated. When deciding who tasks could be delegated to some criteria that are useful to consider are – which roles are the tasks best suited to based on the skills and knowledge required to do them, who would be the best person to delegate to based on their interests, aptitude and providing a growth opportunity.

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