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Delegating With Direction

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Delegating sounds attractive to leverage your time; however, depending on who you are handing off to, you may have missed expectations.

Based on our profiling at Culture Index, understanding how autonomous someone is will dictate the difference between delegating with more clarity and effectiveness.

You may notice, for example, a team member who is always waiting for more instruction before taking action. They do the work asked, but nothing more. This is likely a supportive, service-oriented person, and they need specific tasks with all the information required to execute.

On the other hand, if you have someone who is highly autonomous, they take initiative and push towards the result without a lot of clarification. You can ask for the outcomes and leave the details to be filled in.

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A simple tip is to observe what your handoff teammate does with your requests. You cannot necessarily change their autonomy, but you can be sure to outline more information than you might have naturally provided. This will ensure a more effective handoff.

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