Knowing how to delegate effectively is one of the most
important and valuable time management skills anyone can develop. Delegating
tasks is not something you do to avoid your responsibilities; it’s a technique
you use to fulfill them. It can be difficult to know when to give something to
someone else. You may be hesitant to delegate if you feel that everyone else is
overloaded just like you. Or, you may worry that someone might not do as good a
job as you would. It may not even occur to you to delegate something because
it’s always been your job and you are doing it on autopilot.
Follow
this rule: If there is anything on your to-do list that someone else can do
better than you, faster than you, or good enough, give it to them. Shifting
these tasks from your plate allows a team to accomplish....
This single task makes me feel like all time management books are for managers and not for anyone else. When you say to a manager to delegate a task down, I'm the one it might go to, so this isn't particularly practical advice for an average worker bee.
Perhaps if you gave more concrete examples this would seem relevant. Most people feel like if you want a job done right, you should do it yourself. So this is a hard sell.
