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Managing People

How do new managers learn to delegate?

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What's Really Going On: You're working late while your team waits on you. What's going on?

You've become the bottleneck. New managers often keep doing their old job, slowing everyone down. Source: Wikipedia – Delegation

What To Do: What should you do?

Delegate the outcome and the decision, not just the task. Owning outcomes builds capability; handing off chores doesn't. Source: Wikipedia – Delegation

Why It Works: Why does it work?

Ownership builds skill and motivation. Autonomy is a core driver of motivation in self-determination theory. Source: Wikipedia – Self-determination theory

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