delegate authority
- empowerGrant authority or confidence
- authorizeGrant formal permission
- assignGive as responsibility
- entrustCommit to another's care
- deputizeAppoint as stand-in
commission · mandate · appoint · hand off · relinquish · trust · subordinate · proxy · representative · lieutenant · chain of command · autonomy · responsibility · oversight · leadership · manager · hierarchy · decision-making
trust and empowerment
delegate authoritymicromanage
Excessive oversight of subordinates
second-guess · control · dictate · overrule · command and control