Delegation Training

Delegation is often confused with allocation, so let’s start with getting the semantics out of the way. Allocation involves distributing tasks to others in the expectation that they will take ownership and responsibility.

Delegation also involves distributing tasks to others in the expectation that they will take ownership and responsibility. The key difference is that when you delegate, the tasks you distribute are your own, which brings in a whole sense of jeopardy. This is why so many people managers and leaders know that they should delegate but find many reasons not to.

At Donovan Training Associates, we are passionate about supporting people managers. We design and facilitate highly practical delegation training to help make the delegation process achievable and rewarding.

Delegation Training Tailored Specifically for Your Needs

At Donovan Training Associates, we believe that optimised and effective training cannot be achieved with an off-the-shelf, one-size-fits-all solution. As a result, our delegation training for managers is bespoke, tailored to the specific needs of your organisation and the individual delegates.

How Our Delegation Training Works

Whether you are a new manager who is unsure about how or when to delegate, or you are so overwhelmed but are struggling to let go and feel comfortable delegating tasks to others, we can help.

The process begins with a free, no obligation consultation where we will identify your core goals and requirements, learn more about your organisation's culture and what success would look like if your (or your line managers) delegation skills improved. We will then prepare a bespoke proposal which we can then amend to ensure we meet your specific requirements.

Many of our clients ask us to facilitate onsite or at a local venue of their choosing but if you prefer to come off site, we can offer facilities in our Oxfordshire offices which are designed to host workshops in a professional and comfortable environment.

Why You or Your People May Need Delegation Training

Starting a new people manager role for the first time
Looking to develop talent within your team
Feeling overwhelmed and needing to create some space in your calendar
Maximising efficiency and productivity within your team or function
Promoting innovation and creativity by generating new ideas
Personal and professional development

Delegation Training Course Outline: An Example

As mentioned above, all our training is tailored specifically to you and considers the needs of your organisation and the needs of your people. Where possible, we endeavour to provide examples and scenarios which are relevant to your business and therefore, which your people can relate to.

However, we understand that when comparing learning providers, it is helpful to have a better understanding of their approach and what a typical day of learning might look like, and so we have put together the following as an example which we hope you will find useful.

Course Overview

Our delegation training is typically a bite size 2-hour session or will form part of a wider people management workshop, all designed and tailored to your needs. Depending on the number of learners, your location, and demands of the business, training can either be provided:

In-person
Face-to-face via online real-people video training broken down into three bite size sessions

We also provide customised pre-prepared learning materials, including videos and interactive resources. These are useful for learners to utilise as reminders or to learn in their spare time.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the training, participants will:

Be able to distinguish between allocation and delegation
Have analysed the reasons why we choose to, or not to, delegate
Have identified the commercial importance of using delegation
Know when and how to delegate, applying a five-stage model
Leave with a plan and structure to incorporate delegation appropriately

Course Structure:

This example is based on a bite size delegation training workshop. A typical delegation workshop would include asking participants to create a live to do list during the session and asking them to relate to this when working through the delegation process.

This ensures that the skills they learn are practical and relate to them individually as opposed to taking on generic theory.

Defining how delegation differs from allocation
An honest assessment of the pitfalls of delegating
The downsides of delegation, if and when it goes wrong
The advantages of delegating when it is done well
Learning how to identify what to delegate and who to delegate to
Communicating throughout the delegation process
What to do when I don’t have anybody to delegate to
Managing the feedback process of delegation

Certification

If requested, we can offer certificates for our training.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this level of training course. It is suitable for anyone looking to improve their delegation training skills, regardless of their current level of expertise. However, if you have a large number of delegates, you may prefer to create cohorts based on department or staff seniority level so that attendees feel more comfortable being open with discussing pain-points and challenges.

Resources:

After the workshop, we will send out resources that are specific to the needs of the audience. Typical examples include links to podcasts, TED talks, books etc. When suitable, we also embed relevant TED talks into the workbooks that we provide which are all in an interactive PDF format.

To find out more about our bespoke delegation training, please call us on 01295 675506 for a free, no obligation consultation.

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Case Study:

“Thank you so much for today’s session Anthony. As always there were plenty of practical tips to take away and it was a pleasure working with you again”

Elizabeth O, HR Business Partner for an anonymous* financial services client, UK

(* Some of our clients are happy to share their experiences but prefer to remain anonymous for purposes of confidentiality.)

We were approached by an Organisation in the financial services sector to design and facilitate a bespoke bite size workshop on the topic of delegation. In this particular instance the client was interested in exploring prioritisation techniques which we incorporated into the session.

After an initial consultation, it became clear that there were multiple people in the organisation who were in the words of our client, ‘time poor and stuck in the weeds’ and so we facilitated three sessions, each tailored to a different audience but based on the same key principles.

The sessions were well received with high levels of engagement, despite some initial concerns about how the training would be received when delivered virtually.

We received an email from one of the participants several weeks after the workshop to say that they had been able to immediately apply the learning. They estimated that they had already saved themselves several hours and for the first time in a while they would not be logging onto their laptop over the weekend.

Why Choose Donovan Training Associates?

We are MCIPD (Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development) Certified
All training is tailored to the specific needs of your organisation, ensuring you get the best ROI possible
We are passionate about making training enjoyable, rewarding and relatable so that your staff appreciate the investment you’ve made in them, and can see the benefit to them as an individual
Whilst we are based in Oxfordshire, we provide professional training to organisations both here in the UK, and overseas.