{"id":7292,"date":"2019-08-19T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/the-five-levels-of-delegation.html"},"modified":"2019-08-19T04:00:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T09:00:22","slug":"the-five-levels-of-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/the-five-levels-of-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Easier Way to Delegate for Perfect Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delegation is critical to leadership. You can\u2019t take on more responsibility unless you are willing to delegate to others<\/a>. But that doesn\u2019t mean it's always easy.<\/p>\n\n

Some time ago one of my mentees was planning a special event. He was surprised to discover that someone on his planning team had completed a project he hadn\u2019t really authorized. He was clearly frustrated, because he felt the other person had taken more initiative that he was given.<\/p>\n

After listening to him describe the situation, I said, \u201cThe fault is not with your team member. The problem is that you didn\u2019t make your expectations clear when you delegated this task.\u201d I then asked if he had ever heard of the five levels of delegation.<\/em> He said no, so I shared them with him.
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\nI realized this was a brand new thought for my young friend. Perhaps it is for you as well.<\/p>\n

As a leader, whenever you delegate a task, you need to make it clear what level of authority you are conferring on others:<\/p>\n