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OPINION
Let it go, let it grow
Delegating demonstrates a strong sense of organization, self-confidence, and trust in your team – while also allowing opportunities for your team to grow.
T his article is about the importance of delegating. Let’s start by addressing some common misconceptions: Delegating means you can’t handle the work; it will take longer to teach someone how to perform a task rather than doing it yourself; by delegating, you risk others viewing you as less valuable after seeing that someone else can do the job as well as you, or perhaps even better. All wrong.
Katie Batill- Bigler
In actuality, delegating demonstrates a strong sense of organization, time management, self-confidence, and trust in your team. To delegate work means you are providing training and opportunities for professional growth, and not just to the person getting the assignment. If you have goals to grow in your own career, once you’ve mastered a task or skill, pass that work along to someone new and seek out your next challenge. What is something you have not been able to tackle because you’ve been bogged down with other work? Here is your chance! It could mean growth for you, and growth for your team. You’ve likely heard this adage before: always be training your replacement. What’s more, aim for every replacement to be more advanced than their
predecessor. If everyone at a firm focused on training someone to do their job (and doing it better), from the CEO down to the intern, imagine the strength and competitive power of that organization, especially over time. Staff would never be bored because they would always be facing a new challenge. Every year I attend career fairs and speak to students about what they are looking for in a work experience. Practically without fail, they mention opportunities to learn from senior staff and/or career growth. This is exactly what delegating provides. Want to be competitive on the recruiting front? Impress the importance of delegating in your office. Without
See KATIE BATILL-BIGLER, page 10
THE ZWEIG LETTER NOVEMBER 28, 2022, ISSUE 1466
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