delegator
One who assigns
A delegator is someone who assigns tasks or responsibilities to others rather than handling them directly.
The term appears most often in management contexts, where effective delegation is considered a leadership skill: A good delegator knows which tasks to hand off and which to keep.
It can carry negative connotations when someone delegates excessively to avoid work themselves.
State of being answerable
- answerableLiable to account
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- dutyRequired moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
trustworthy · reliable · dependable · oversight · follow-up · check-in · ownership · liability
Gaining authority or confidence
- trustConfidence in another
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
coaching · guidance · facilitation · orchestration · visionary · strategic · influence · collaboration
Authorized substitute
- representativeOne who acts for another
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- appointeePerson named to position
- agentOne who acts independently
authorization · commission · devolution · vesting · fiduciary · delegatee · consignor · depute
Allocated work or duty
- taskingAllocating work to someone
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- schedulingAssigning times to events
prioritizing · allocating · briefing · deputizing · supervising · monitoring · directing · organizing
responsibility
State of being answerable
- answerableLiable to account
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- dutyRequired moral task
obligation · trustworthy · reliable · dependable · oversight · follow-up · check-in · ownership · liability · reporting
empowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
- trustConfidence in another
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
mentorship · coaching · guidance · facilitation · orchestration · visionary · strategic · influence · collaboration · teamwork
proxy
Authorized substitute
- representativeOne who acts for another
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- appointeePerson named to position
agent · authorization · commission · devolution · vesting · fiduciary · delegatee · consignor · depute · entrust
assignment
Allocated work or duty
- taskingAllocating work to someone
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
scheduling · prioritizing · allocating · briefing · deputizing · supervising · monitoring · directing · organizing · planning
- boss typesmicromanager, tyrant, dictator, perfectionist, control freak
- leadership stylesautocrat, dictator, visionary, servant leader, coach
- manager rolesleader, planner, coach, supervisor, director
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
- rolesleader, lead role, villain, supporting role, manager
- team playerscollaborator, helper, supporter, contributor, cooperator
delegatormicromanager
One who overcontrols subordinates
control freak · hoverer · meddler · overseer · interventionist
delegatordo-it-yourselfer
Self-reliant home repairer
lone wolf · one-man band · hoarder · bottleneck · individualist
- union delegatesElected labor representatives
- delegation of authorityGranting power to others
- delegate authority
- delegate countNumber of convention votes
- apostolic delegatePope's official representative abroad
- convention delegateAppointed meeting attendee
delegate, delegation, delegated, delegates, delegating, delegations, delegators