Effective Delegation Requires Clear Communication

When you decide to delegate a task to someone, that person may see it as a welcome responsibility that shows your trust in him or her, or just another job to be added to an already burdensome workload. Which it is can depend largely on how well you communicate with the person during the actual delegation conversation.

Three aspects must be communicated and agreed upon right from the start in order to set up the delegated task for success: