{"id":16775,"date":"2024-05-06T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/?p=16775"},"modified":"2024-05-06T12:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T17:13:26","slug":"delegation-peak-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-brokers\/delegation-peak-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to approach delegation to bring peak productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delegating work is a logical step in the process of attaining peak efficiency. It\u2019s also a step that, when executed incorrectly, leads to a huge headache and a lot of extra work for whomever is delegating tasks\u2014not to mention frustration on the part of those asked to complete said tasks. Here is how you can assign work with the confidence that it will be done quickly and effectively.<\/p>\n

Firstly, realizing that a \u201cone size fits all\u201d approach doesn\u2019t work<\/a> can be a bit of a blow. It\u2019s certainly easier to assign tasks across the board and wait for them to be completed; however, when you consider how much clean-up work you have to do when those tasks don\u2019t end the way you expect them to, it\u2019s actually simpler to assign tasks according to employees\u2019 strengths and weaknesses, providing appropriate supports along the way.<\/p>\n

In education, this process is called \u201cdifferentiation\u201d, and it\u2019s the same idea: If you assign 30 students the exact same work, you\u2019ll see pretty close to 30 different answers. Assigning that same piece with the accommodations each student needs to succeed\u2014or giving them different parameters according to their strengths\u2014means more consistency overall. You can apply that same concept to your delegation.<\/p>\n

Another weak point in many people\u2019s management models revolves around how employees see their superiors. In part, this isn\u2019t your fault; American authority paradigms mandate that employees fear their bosses, bend over backward to impress them, and refrain from communicating concerns. However, it is ultimately your job to make sure that your employees feel both supported and capable<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To wit, assign your employees open-ended questions and thought-provoking problems early on to allow them to foster critical thinking skills. The more you solve their problems for them, the more they will begin to rely on you in a crisis\u2014and the more work you\u2019ll take home despite all of your delegation efforts. Molding employees into problem-solvers can certainly take time, but it\u2019s worth the wait.<\/p>\n

Finally, your employees may lack strength in the areas of quality and initiative. That sounds a lot worse than it actually is\u2014basically, employees may not know what you expect, and in the absence of certainty, they will flounder. You can solve this by providing employees with the aforementioned supports; in this case, those look like a list of things to avoid, a bulleted list of priorities for a given project, or even a demo of how to complete their work.<\/p>\n

Again, this sounds like a lot of effort upfront for your delegation, but you\u2019ll find your patience rewarded come deadline time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(OPINION) Delegation is well, a delicate subject, and can end up creating more work for yourself if it isn’t done well. Here\u2019s how to fix that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337375,"featured_media":19532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[1177,2072,1234,2073,788],"class_list":["post-16775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-brokers","tag-coworkers","tag-delegation","tag-real-estate-news","tag-team-work","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/employees-discussing-delegation-in-a-meeting-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16775"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21244,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16775\/revisions\/21244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}