Coaching for Leaders

413: Effective Delegation of Authority, with Hassan Osman

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Hassan Osman: Effective Delegation of Authority

Hassan is a project management office leader at Cisco, where he leads a team of over 150 project and program managers on delivering complex projects across the world. He’s also served as a management consultant at Ernst & Young (now EY), where he led projects and programs for the largest enterprises.

He’s the author of Effective Delegation of Authority: A (Really) Short Book for New Managers About How to Delegate Work Using a Simple Delegation Process. In this episode, Hassan and I discuss the three stages of delegation, the critical importance of planning, and how to leverage delegation as a development opportunity.

Also impressive is the ten books Hassan has published while working full-time as a manager at a Fortune 100 company. He teaches others how to do it on his Writer on the Side podcast.

Key Points
  • Before you begin the delegation process, decide on the outcomes you need and the right person to get you there.
  • Set expectations for goals, not actions.
  • Use checkpoints to ensure progress and adjust frequency for experience and visibility.
  • Summarize delegation meetings in writing after they occur.
  • The real work of managers is to define the work, before it starts.
    • Resources Mentioned
    • Effective Delegation of Authority: A (Really) Short Book for New Managers About How to Delegate Work Using a Simple Delegation Process* by Hassan Osman
    • Writer on the Side podcast
      • Book Notes

      Download my highlights from Effective Delegation of Authority in PDF format (free membership required).

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