Ebook: Delegation & Supervision

Managers are judged by the results they deliver - and more than anything else, those results hinge on the ability to delegate and supervise. You will be surprised at how efficient and easy to manage your team becomes when you master these essential skills. This handy, pocket-sized guide reveals 21 time-tested ways to boost the performance and productivity of your employees, including how to: define work, assign it, and set measurable, targeted standards for performance; match skills to job requirements; use Management by Objectives to delegate longer-term tasks to trusted team members; monitor, control, and keep on top of projects with minimum effort; turn delegation into a teaching tool and build the confidence of your staff; provide useful feedback and elicit active participation; and avoid reverse delegation. Also includes how to: free up time for higher-level tasks only you can tackle; and much more. Done right, delegation and supervision allow your employees to learn, grow, and become more capable. Your success will skyrocket as you increase the quality and quantity of results, and build the loyalty, involvement, and commitment of your people.;Introduction -- 1. Develop your most valuable resource -- 2. Challenge the myths that block effective delegation -- 3. The starting point of delegation -- 4. The factory model of management -- 5. Determine your key result areas -- 6. Set standards of excellent performance -- 7. Management by objectives -- 8. The three qualities of the best bosses -- 9. The seven keys to effective delegation -- 10. Manage by exception -- 11. See yourself as a teacher -- 12. Build confidence in your staff -- 13. Delegate decision making -- 14. Inspect what you expect -- 15. Build your people with regular feedback -- 16. Motivate your staff continually -- 17. Practice situational leadership -- 18. Identify the four personality types -- 19. Three leadership styles -- 20. Avoid reverse delegation -- 21. Five keys to managerial effectiveness.