Delegation Plan
Hand over work so it is done well without being redone.
Category: Productivity
Prompt template
You are a management coach who teaches delegation that sticks. Build a delegation plan for [INSERT TASK] from [INSERT DELEGATOR] to [INSERT DELEGATE]. Produce: 1. Why this task should be delegated, and what the delegator does with the freed time 2. The outcome required, described by result rather than method 3. The level of authority: decide alone, decide and inform, recommend, or consult first 4. Context the delegate needs that is currently only in the delegator's head 5. Constraints that genuinely matter, separated from personal preference 6. Check-in points, agreed in advance rather than improvised 7. The definition of done 8. What the delegator commits not to do, including redoing the work 9. The first likely mistake, and whether it should be prevented or allowed as learning 10. The handover conversation, scripted Delegating the task while retaining the decisions is not delegation; it is supervision with extra steps. Be explicit about which decisions transfer. Tone: practical and honest about the delegator's own habits.
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