Delegation and Supervision (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

Managers are judged by the results they deliver - and more than anything else, those results hinge on the ability to delegate and supervise. You will be surprised at how efficient and easy to manage your team becomes when you master these essential skills. This handy, pocket-sized guide reveals 21 time-tested ways to boost the performance and productivity of your employees, including how to: define work, assign it, and set measurable, targeted standards for performance; match skills to job requirements; use Management by Objectives to delegate longer-term tasks to trusted team members; monitor, control, and keep on top of projects with minimum effort; turn delegation into a teaching tool and build the confidence of your staff; provide useful feedback and elicit active participation; and avoid reverse delegation. Also includes how to: free up time for higher-level tasks only you can tackle; and much more. Done right, delegation and supervision allow your employees to learn, grow, and become more capable. Your success will skyrocket as you increase the quality and quantity of results, and build the loyalty, involvement, and commitment of your people.;Introduction -- 1. Develop your most valuable resource -- 2. Challenge the myths that block effective delegation -- 3. The starting point of delegation -- 4. The factory model of management -- 5. Determine your key result areas -- 6. Set standards of excellent performance -- 7. Management by objectives -- 8. The three qualities of the best bosses -- 9. The seven keys to effective delegation -- 10. Manage by exception -- 11. See yourself as a teacher -- 12. Build confidence in your staff -- 13. Delegate decision making -- 14. Inspect what you expect -- 15. Build your people with regular feedback -- 16. Motivate your staff continually -- 17. Practice situational leadership -- 18. Identify the four personality types -- 19. Three leadership styles -- 20. Avoid reverse delegation -- 21. Five keys to managerial effectiveness. When you can delegate and supervise well, you will not believe how efficient and easy managing your team can be. Managers' performance reviews, their salary increases, and basically their fate within the company in general are judged by the results they deliver, yet those results are usually produced by a team of employees working under them. Thus, the most important and broad-reaching aspect of a manager's job is the ability to delegate and supervise extremely well. In this book, success expert Brian Tracy reveals time-tested ways any manager can use to boost the performance and productivity of their employees. In Delegation & Supervision, Tracy shares helpful tips including how to: Define work, assign it, and set measurable, targeted standards for performance Match skills to job requirements Use Management by Objectives to delegate longer-term tasks to trusted team members Monitor, control, and keep on top of projects with minimum effort Turn delegation into a teaching tool and build the confidence of your staff Avoid reverse delegation Free up time for higher-level tasks only you can tackle, and more When done right, delegation and supervision will allow your employees to learn, grow, and become more capable. Delegation & Supervision shows you how to impress the higher-ups with all that you and your team accomplished.