{"id":17397,"date":"2021-11-21T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=17397"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:42:04","slug":"skills-360-time-management-3-how-to-delegate-effectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2021\/11\/21\/skills-360-time-management-3-how-to-delegate-effectively\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills 360 &#8211; Time Management 3: How to Delegate Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17397-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.86-Time-Management-3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.86-Time-Management-3.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.86-Time-Management-3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/360.86POD\/index.html\" title=\"Business English 360 - Time Management 3: Delegating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.86-LESSON-time-management-3-delegating.jpg\" alt=\"Management English - Time Management 3 - Delegating\" width=\"1500\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.86-LESSON-time-management-3-delegating.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.86-LESSON-time-management-3-delegating-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.86-LESSON-time-management-3-delegating-600x259.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.86-LESSON-time-management-3-delegating-768x332.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english-360\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Business English Skills 360<\/a> podcast for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/management\/\" title=\"Management Lessons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">time management<\/a> and how to delegate effectively.<\/p>\n<p>As a manager, have you ever felt bad about adding tasks to an employee\u2019s workload? Or have you ever thought that it\u2019s easier to do something yourself than explain how to do it? Or do you like the feeling of being indispensable because you\u2019re the only one who knows how to do something?<\/p>\n<p>If any of these things are true, then I\u2019m sorry to say you\u2019re setting yourself up for failure. And you need to check your ego. Great managers on great teams don\u2019t try to do everything themselves. They build their team\u2019s skills and confidence through effective delegation. And this frees up time for more strategic work.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Lesson Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.86POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.86QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quiz &amp; Vocab<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.86-Time-Management-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.86-Time-Management-3.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this management English lesson we look at tips for time management and how to 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