The Gift of Time : How Delegation Can Give You Space to Succeed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Gail.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delegation of authority.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.

Contents:

Intro

The Gift of Time

Contents

Introduction

Part One Introducing delegation

1 The definition of delegation

2 The benefits of delegation

3 The value of delegation

Newly-created revenue as a result of delegation

Value created by the reduction of dependence on, or removal of, the owner of the business

Valuing delegation in corporate, charities and government departments

4 Types of delegation

Downward delegation

Upward delegation

Sideways delegation

Silent delegation

Silent delegation and gender

Stakeholders and the impact of business types on delegation

Part Two Getting delegation to work

5 Barriers to delegation

Know-how

Money

Trust/control

Back to time

6 Over-capability

7 The delegation mindset

Delegation and mistakes

Part Three Your delegation plan

8 Step 1: Why delegate?

9 Step 2: What to delegate?

Task List Profile

Task List Profile second column

Task List Profile with timings

Task List Profile with 'who' column

10 Step 3: Who to delegate to

Delegation and the team

11 Step 4: Getting from 'I do' to 'You do'

12 Step 5: How to delegate

Delegate with confidence and get guilt out of the way

Tools required for effective delegation

Be prepared for cock-ups

Check, check, report

Part Four Delegation in context

13 Delegation as a new leader

14 Delegation and other leadership skills

15 Disastrous delegation

16 Delegation for parents

Conclusion: To only do, what only you can do

Appendix 1: The art of delegation white paper

Background

Premise

Anecdotal support

Research

Findings

Statistics

Further activity

Case study 1: Gail Thomas and virtual PA company

Case study 2: Online gift delivery service start-up

Conclusion

Appendix 2: The art of delegation manifesto

About the author.

Acknowledgements

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Thomas, Gail The Gift of Time

ISBN:

9780857085931

OCLC:

897444849