Delegation is an essential leadership skill and an important principle of leadership development. A leader has to provide guidance, direction and support, but the leader also has a responsibility to involve other people and share the workload. For a leader who does not do so, his career will be trapped in an endless swamp with small tasks, stress and growing expectations. How do you effectively delegate tasks? Delegation requires a timely investment of time and effort. You need to be aware of these costs and want to absorb them. To overcome your opposition to delegation, you need to see the bigger picture and therefore the benefits that the delegation will offer you in the future. ● The first step to a successful delegation is to identify tasks that someone else can do for you without compromising the quality of the work. Such tasks may include work that does not require your expertise and work that would benefit your employees. ...