The Reasons Why Delegating Tasks is Important

Failure to Delegate

Delegation is an important role and part of leadership. Leaders often assign duties to their team members and demand expected results to be achieved. However, they experience frustrations if the desired outcomes are not obtained. Leaders tend to point fingers at delegates if tasks are not done as required.

The failure to delegate thoroughly and properly is of particular to a group leader because if the expected results are not achieved, the leader will be prompted to identity the areas of weakness and address them. For instance, the group leader may gain understanding of the desired results were not achieved. In most instances, delegates may feel that they are not supported; they are controlled, unprepared, or overwhelmed. In such cases, it is easy for the leader to blame the delegate for not producing the expected results. With such shortcomings, the leader can gain realization that dumping responsibility on delegates without support may lead to poor outcomes. Most times, the problem arises from the way the task is projected from the start. At times, the leader delegate duties and fails to follow through with the task, which affects the outcome.

Additionally, failure may allow the leader to understand focusing on activities alone would not result in acquisition of desired outcomes. However, it is important for the leader to focus on goals as well in order to achieve desired outcomes. Moreover, failure to delegate properly is important to the group leader because it places a heavy burden on them. A leader may become overwhelmed such that it may affect negatively on their health and performance. Furthermore, failure to delegate duties thoroughly affects the credibility of a leader. Decreased credibility will allow a leader to have an understanding that they need to have extra time to examine the challenging tasks that enhance value of the planned activities.