Delegation Training

What is Delegation Skills Training?

Developing others while efficiently achieving specific organizational outcomes is a key part of delegating. It takes some work on your part to determine who's ready for what assignments and then making sure they take ownership without taking control themselves. A training course can show you how to improve your delegation skills and improve your own managerial skills. 

Why Should you Delegate?

In short, take back more time in your day! Managers and supervisors invariably find themselves overloaded with a large amount of work. Delegating tasks to capable team members proves to be a more productive way of accomplishing objectives.

Importantly, delegating tasks to team members is an essential training method for upskilling employees. After all, they cannot learn new skills if they're not given the opportunity. Learning new skills not only helps keep employees engaged and satisfied but also strengthens your company's

Choosing to sign up for a training course will polish your delegating skills by introducing you to new ideas and techniques for a more productive and planned management system. 

Reasons Why Managers Don't Delegate

Managers are people, too. Their rationale behind their actions (or non-actions) is not always rational. For managers who don't delegate, they often feel:

It's faster to do it themselves. This is pretty self-explanatory. Teaching takes time. And time is something precious that managers don't typically have much of.

They don't want to lose control. Many people are happy to give away work and believe that there is generally more than one way to complete a task. Some people, however, are more particular as to how a task should be done, otherwise, they're not completed "correctly". Those managers who don't want to give up control of the task typically don't trust others to keep up the managers' standard of work.

Threatened by competition. As a manager, you've worked hard to be seen and achieve managerial status. For some managers, they might feel that their own job is in jeopardy if it's perceived that someone else can do their job's tasks just as easily.

They don't want to be seen as overburdening others. No one likes to feel like they're getting work "dumped" on them. Especially, the work of their manager. After all, if they're the manager, shouldn't they do that very important work? Some managers are more sensitive to how they are perceived and would not want to antagonize their subordinates in this way.

Who Are Delegating Skills Courses For?

These courses are formulated for managers who are new to the delegation concept or those who are looking to hone their delegation skills. Directors and team managers who want to establish an effective system of working can take these courses to learn effective methods of delegating responsibilities to staff and maintaining a disciplined workplace.  

Delegation Training Course Content

These courses introduce participants to a variety of tools and demonstrations for efficient delegation. Participants will learn why, why, how, and when delegating is most effective. Focus will also be placed on nurturing the mindset of delegating.

The training process includes discussing case studies of successful delegations practices as well as holding group discussions on the matter at hand-- be it task assignment or monitoring progress within an operation itself.

Formats for Delegation Training Courses

Differing formats of delegation training courses are offered to suit the needs of each individual participant and organization.

Classroom

A classroom course will take place at a designed time and location. This is a great option for the individual who wants to take training into their own hands or a small business that just needs to have a few employees trained.

On-site (In-House)

If you are an organization with a large number of employees who need training, on-site training might be for you. Search the courses below for a training provider who can bring expert delegation skills training to you and your employees.

Online

Online training is an option for those who favor flexibility. Individuals can participate in the course at their own pace and on their own time. There are even options for live online or virtual (live) classroom sessions.