{"id":4841,"date":"2014-01-15T06:03:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T06:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=4841"},"modified":"2022-09-09T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:55:04","slug":"coaching-for-effective-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-for-effective-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching for Effective Delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Coaching for Effective Delegation \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Continuing with the coaching relationship as discussed in the previous blog: Tracy asked Bill how it was going with the delegating he had started.\u00a0 Bill reported a few bumps in the road and then said over all it was going well.\u00a0 Tracy then confirmed Bill&#8217;s choice to focus next on getting people up to speed so he could delegate more.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy asked Bill about current and desired performance levels.\u00a0 Tracy asked Bill about aptitude and attitude of his direct reports.\u00a0 Then Tracy&#8217;s asked Bill for options to bring individuals up to speed.\u00a0 In some cases Bill thought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">training<\/a> and in others he considered reallocating duties amongst people to maximize the use of different talents.\u00a0 Bill also talked about mentoring or coaching people.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy then asked Bill his process for delegating.\u00a0 Bill said he simply assigned things at meetings.\u00a0 Tracy asked Bill about the awareness of his people around his level of confidence in them and his expectations.\u00a0 As Bill talked, his awareness grew that there was a communication gap in his delegation process.\u00a0 As a result, Tracy asked Bill to create a scale of his level of trust.\u00a0 Then she asked him to note the level of communication he wanted at each point on the scale.\u00a0 Then Tracy asked Bill how he was going to communicate this to his people.\u00a0 Bill said he would simply tell them in the meeting when he delegated a task.\u00a0 Tracy asked how that would be perceived by the team as a whole and how individuals might feel about this approach in a group.\u00a0 Bill realized that this could create a problem and decided to meet with people individually.\u00a0 Tracy asked Bill if he knew what his people knew about his level of confidence in them.\u00a0 Bill decided he would ask them.\u00a0 Bill shared that this was a big aha for him \u2013 asking for input from his team on their perceptions of his thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with the coaching relationship as discussed in the previous blog: Tracy asked Bill how it was going with the delegating he had started.\u00a0 Bill &hellip; 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