How Do You Teach Delegation?

One of the fundamental learning objectives in most leadership development training programs is delegation. But how exactly do you go about teaching delegation? Most emerging leaders are identified as top prospects because they excel at performing specific tasks. Their competence is what fuels their success; but when promoted, they are suppose to let go and stop doing the very tasks they have been rewarded for performing well. For some, delegating those tasks to others is is easy; and for others, it is a perpetual struggle.
The challenge for HR and training professional is determining how easily someone will learn to delegate tasks, especially under a stressful environment.

Delegation, which is a mix personality and skill, highlights the value of job personality assessments in leadership development. It is important to recognize a job personality assessment is not the same as general personality assessment. The fundamental difference is that a job personality assessment focuses on the behaviors related to the critical skills required for a specific job, whereas general personality assessment is much more general and lacks the specific job context.