The Challenge of Delegation

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Discussion:

Brian,
Getting or staying too involved is difficult for a supervisor given the fact that the supervisor continues to have the ultimate responsibility for completing the task. Knowing when to intervene and when to let the employee find their own way is a skill that a supervisor learns over time. It is really all essentially a matter of situational leadership. It depends on the employee and his/her ability to take a task and run with it. It can be so much easier to just do it yourself but to do so robs an employee of the opportunity to gain new skills.

Dr. Patricia Kapper

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