delegating
Handing off tasks
Delegating is assigning tasks or responsibilities to others, typically from a position of authority.
A manager delegates work to employees; a president delegates decisions to cabinet members.
The skill lies in matching tasks to people and letting go of direct control: She's terrible at delegating—she insists on doing everything herself.
Allocating work to someone
- appointingSelecting for a position
- allocatingDistributing for specific purposes
- designatingFormally identifying or assigning
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
deputizing · entrusting · transferring · distributing · detailing · nominating · subcontracting · outsourcing
Self-assurance or trust
- relianceState of needing support
- faithTrust without proof
- beliefTrust held as true
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
entrusting · dependence · credence · conviction · expectation · relinquishing · trusting · empowering
Power to enforce obedience
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- governanceHow authority is exercised
direction · control · executive · coordination · headship · stewardship · management · orchestration
Obligation for one's actions
- dutyRequired moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- chargeCost or accusation
- answerabilityObligation to explain oneself
liability · ownership · entrustment · burden · commitment · mandate · jurisdiction · stewardship
Act of making possible
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- equippingProviding necessary tools
investing · strengthening · enfranchisement · trust-building · developing · mentoring · growing · unleashing
Joint intellectual work
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
collective · groupwork · contribution · participation · alliance
tasking
Allocating work to someone
- appointingSelecting for a position
- allocatingDistributing for specific purposes
- designatingFormally identifying or assigning
commissioning · deputizing · entrusting · transferring · distributing · detailing · nominating · subcontracting · outsourcing · charging
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
assurance · entrusting · dependence · credence · conviction · expectation · relinquishing · trusting · empowering
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
governance · direction · control · executive · coordination · headship · stewardship · management · orchestration · guidance
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- dutyRequired moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- chargeCost or accusation
answerability · liability · ownership · entrustment · burden · commitment · mandate · jurisdiction · stewardship · custody
enablement
Act of making possible
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
equipping · investing · strengthening · enfranchisement · trust-building · developing · mentoring · growing · unleashing · facilitation
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- partnershipShared business arrangement
synergy · collective · groupwork · contribution · participation · alliance
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- interactiontalking, sharing, helping, meeting, joining
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
delegatingretaining
Holding onto still
centralizing · hoarding · keeping · consolidating · concentrating
delegatingmicromanaging
Excessive control over details
controlling · hovering · hand-holding · second-guessing · interfering
delegatingassuming
Accepting as true unverified
taking on · accepting · shouldering · undertaking · refusing
- delegation of authorityGranting power to others
- task delegationAllocating work to others
- foreign delegationsOfficial visitors from abroad