Top 5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Delegate.


It is easy for entrepreneurs to become overwhelmed with the amount of work they have to complete. Being overwhelmed with tasks, happens because we sometimes feel like you are the best person to do the job, or you do not have the time to explain tasks and individual projects to your employees. The result of this attitude is that you have a lot of unfinished projects.

Also, employees who are interested in growing themselves and learning new skills become unsatisfied. Dissatisfied employees are less productive, and your business suffers in the long-run.

Delegation means that you assign responsibility to your employees. With delegation, employees can make their decisions. To delegate effectively, you have to empower your employees. To empower your employees means increasing their involvement through participation in decisions that affect their duties. Empowering your employees through delegation can enhance their productivity.

It is important you delegate as an entrepreneur because the fact is you can’t do it all alone. Here are five benefits you gain from delegating tasks to you employee:

1.    Delegation gives you free time to focus on your strengths. It helps you manage your time effectively and efficiently. It allows you to focus on overall direction and co-ordination of your business. If you are not good with handling the financial accounts, then you can delegate those finance related tasks to your accountant. Doing this will give you time to work on the areas that your strengths lie. When you get people involved in the process, you are less likely to fail. If you are struggling with delegating tasks, start with tasks that are not risky then you gradually build from there to other important tasks.

2.    Delegation helps in improving the decision-making process. Delegation pushes decisions down the ladder of your business; this means that the decision maker is close to the problem and has a better understanding of the problem. Assigning tasks to your employees means that the solution is likely to be of better quality. Also, your staff is close to the problem, and if you have empowered them to deal with a situation, they will be able to respond to queries and issues faster. Delegating tasks, therefore, improves the quality and speed of decisions, this is essential especially for customer facing business.

3.    Delegation helps to improve your employees capabilities. It encourages them to expand their knowledge and capacity. It helps them increase their decision-making capability as they do not need to wait for solutions, they can make decisions based on their experience, and this prepares them for future opportunities. When you give your employees meaningful work, they feel important and a likely to put in a lot more effort. Be careful not just to dump duties that you do not enjoy doing on them. Giving them meaningful work make them feel needed and like they are truly a part of the company. With delegation they will not feel like they are being ignored or like you are taking advantage of them.

4.    Delegation enhances your employee's commitment. Your employees are responsible for implementing decisions, and no matter how good a decision is if it is not properly implemented, it is bound to fail. As the head of your business, you are responsible for increasing the commitment of your team member. You can achieve this by delegation. Delegation influences the commitment of you employees as they are more likely to be enthusiastic about a decision that they are a part of or that they made. Delegation empowers your team, and a team that is empowered is more likely to deal with customers issues with enthusiasm and exceed your expectations.

5.    Delegation build relationship. When you delegate responsibility, it shows that you have trust and confidence in the abilities of your employees. Delegation also helps in building their loyalty towards your business in the long-run.


To complete the process of delegation, you must create accountability; this means that you hold your employees responsible for their actions regardless of whether the outcome is positive or negative.  Also to ensure that employees deliver you must clarify what need to be done, your expectations and when you want the tasks completed. 

Don’t Try to Do It All! Delegate.

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