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It covers:
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
What do you think delegation is or isn’t?…………………………………………………………………………………………3
Why do you need to delegate?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………5
Common reasons for not delegating ………………………………………………………………………………………………6
What are my underlying beliefs about delegation?…………………………………………………………………………7
Assessing my readiness……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8
Reflection ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….9
What tasks could I delegate? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
What should I not delegate? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11
What should I delegate? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11
Delegation styles …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15
Steps to successful delegation……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16
Overcoming objections…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
Follow-up activities………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20
Delegation within a distributed leadership model ………………………………………………………………………. 21
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