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That is the question I ask myself from time to time. I believe any team leader does the same, no matter how good his team is. Most often these are tasks I used to do myself before. Let's say I'm planning to write a press release about new version of our product. Who is the best person for doing this task? Maybe John, our new copywriter?
No, way. I am. I frankly believe that I will do the work better and faster. I know all the new features, the best way to describe them, the terms to be used, and many other tricks for editors to accept the news for publication. As a result of 5 minutes hesitation I create the task "Write press release VIP Task Manager 2.0" and assign myself to this task, overloading my task list with one more thing I could delegate.
But stop... I don't have time for these things. I simply shouldn't do it. It is not my job any more. Why do I need a team if not for delegating my tasks to other people? It is much easier to do the job by myself but if I go on doing that way I will never be able to delegate some of the tasks and my team will never learn how to do it right.
Most likely, I hesitate to delegate tasks because I'm not sure that the task will be completed the way I want. To solve this I should formulate my requirements more clearly and besides entering the name of the task and checking the box of assigned team member I should set a priority, deadline and description of preferred outcome in the Note tab as well.
VIP Task Manager makes it easier to delegate tasks and track them till they are completed, but it is me who should stop myself from overwhelming my task list. I know that the answer for the question of this article is almost always 'yes', still sometimes I can't help assigning myself to the tasks I plan. If any of you faces the same problem, I welcome your comments and experiences.
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