BrainPint - Effective Delegation

Hi everyone,

I often think about how to do things more thoughtfully & efficiently. This week's newsletter is all about that.

We're exploring a tactical guide to effective delegation, learning how to improve our technical literacy and discovering nifty tools that help you save time.

P.S. Are you in Barcelona anytime soon for the Mobile World Congress, or general travels? I'd love to meet BrainPint readers in person - hit reply if you are going to be around sometime this year!

Cheers,
Janel

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How to Delegate For Success: A Guide To Effective Delegation
Delegation is hard. How can you be a hands-on manager without micromanaging? And how do you ensure that your team members are actually completing their tasks? 

Good news - delegation is a learnable skill that you can practice. Here's a tactical 11-step guide on how to delegate effectively, which comes with thoughtful questions that you can use during check-ins.

Some of my favorite steps:

• Delegate to the right people - Set team members up for success by delegating to their strengths
• Start with why - Share how the task impacts customers & the team
• Communicate expectations clearly - Describe what needs to get done.
• Give feedback throughout the process - Check in and give clear, actionable feedback with examples. Trust, but verify.
• Offer help, but don't take over - Provide a teaching opportunity, not an opportunity to micromanage. 

How Can I Get More Technical?
Why you should build up your technical literacy, reflection on the question "how technical do I want to be?" and a practical guide on how you can get more technical.

• Learn how to code 
• Do things at your company 
• Find a developer friend
• Sleuth out the best learning content

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