Some of the common reasons why leaders avoid or delay delegating in the workplace
are:
 Believe employees are too inexperienced
 Believe it takes more time to explain how to do it than to do it yourself
 Think “It’s my fault” if employees make mistakes
 Believe employees are too busy doing other things
 Worry people will think you are lazy or shirking your responsibilities
 Think the task is different and requires your personal attention
 Think you have to approve the final product anyway, so might as well do it yourself
 Believe that no one else can do it as well as you can
Do you recognize yourself in any of these reasons? Well if so, read on.
Delegation is a valuable skill to overcome the limitations of time and energy. Delegating well builds a
strong and successful team of people that are able to meet your high standards as well as the demands
and challenges placed upon them. That is why delegation is such an important skill, and is one that
should be learned and practiced.
There is too much to gain not delegating. Start reaping the benefits. Besides streamlining your work
and saving time, delegating teaches you to communicate persuasively, supervise, train, and influence
impact. Delegating also helps to build and maintain a strong team.
You will help your staff stretch their talents, grow through teamwork, develop new skills, and problem
solve. Delegating gives more people a stake in project outcomes that leads to more dedication and
personal ownership of the task.
The benefits of delegation don’t stop there. The following is a list of additional benefits
Organizational Benefits
Effective delegation done right will be a win, win, win. Delegation allows a win for organizations,
managers/supervisors, and employees. The following are some of the organizational benefits of
delegation:

• Saves money by decreasing employee turnover
   increases morale
   leads to higher productivity
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   promotes teamwork
   improves professionalism with established standards and understanding
   increases productivity and efficiency
  Managerial Benefits
  Major reasons why managers and supervisors should master the art of delegation are:
   Avoid leading an army of one
   Move from doing to directing
   Promote professional growth and development
   Avoid the temptation of doing everything yourself
   Build promotable employees
   Get the best return on your personnel investment
   Lighten your work load
   Reduces stress
   Make you look good, potentially
   Frees you to do more monumental tasks
   Develop trust and rapport with your employees
   Groom your successor(s) so you can move on to bigger and better things.
   Avoid derailing your own advancement by not having someone to take your place
  Employee Benefits
  The effective use of delegation will motivate your staff while increasing their knowledge base, selfconfidence and skill level by providing opportunities to learn and grow through new experiences.
  Employee advantages:
   Provides professional growth opportunities
   Develop knowledge and skills for new tasks
   Empower self-worth and self-image
   Enhances confidence and value to the organization
   Brings personal satisfaction and a sense of achievement
   Recognized for their contributions
   Creates opportunities to be involved with decision making which in turn lead to more
  commitment and increased moral