Delegation Skills for Leaders: Create Your Action Plan for Success

The first new skill most managers need is also one of the hardest to learn - directing the work of others. Even experienced managers have difficulty with it. We spend our careers focused on doing a good job ourselves, and then become responsible for others' accomplishments. This requires a list of sub skills, including planning, organizing, motivating and management work flow we may not possess. Most importantly, it requires the ability to delegate work to others.