Monitoring a Delegation
DELEGATING DOESN’T end with assigning a task, project, or function to a member of your staff. You also need to monitor the delegation to ensure that everything goes as planned. Keys to monitoring include tracking the delegated assignment, providing support, handling “reverse delegation,” addressing problems, and reflecting on the experience so that you can apply learning to your next delegation.
The following sections examine each of these in turn.
Tracking a delegated assignment
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