How to Delegate Better with the 7 Delegation Levels

Do you want to know how to delegate better? Use the 7 Delegation Levels!

"Workers can often make better decisions than managers if there is trust in the system."

The 7 Levels of Delegation help to enable and grow this trust.

1. Tell: You make a decision for others.
2. Sell: You make a decision for others but you try to convince them.
3. Consult: You ask for input before making a decision.
4. Agree: Consensus is made.
5. Advise: You offer others your opinion and hope they'll listen, but the decision is there.
6. Inquire: They decide and then tell you.
7. Delegate: They make the decisions because they are the experts. They can decide if you need to know.

Salary is probably a one or a two, while the office halloween theme may be a 7. As a manager, you should look to delegate as much as you can to your team. A good way to clarify who does what is using a Delegation Board.

[StephenGoldberg]

Very good approach to empowering people and building trust. Delegation though is also about giving more power to people to make decisions, so it involves some form of coaching and training in order to give people and teams more power to make their own decisions

[mal]

Simple and efficient, what a great system

[matiaswilliamcosta]

things in real life do not run as linear as mentioned here . Experience and knowing your subordinates as well as the persons you have to report to is key in delegation. I ve never felt the need to create a delegation board.

[LD-wfyt]

Delegation assumes competence. (Situational Leadership, Lean Management/Respect for People)
Delegation also reflects Leadership maturity. (See Maxwell's 5 Levels of Leadership)
Both get better with the change in Business Maturity. (POOGI from Theory of Constraints, Open Book Management/Acumen)

[by_gomel]

>100k views vs <1k likes
it seems like, viewers just don't even understand what is hapenning here in the video and within management at all =/
That looks some sad. I use the system for years. Thanx a lot, Jurgen!

[JCNegri]

To make better decisions than you = Para dar mejores decisiones que tu.

[JABS]

My Peter would just 'consult' for both teams and end up answering to nobody for 3 months...

I hate Peter. I hate him so.