Delegation and Team Empowerment Worksheet

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Domain
Executive
Type
Worksheet
Phase
Action Reflection
Details
30 min Between sessions As-needed
Topics
Leadership Time Management

Designed for leaders and executives navigating organizational complexity.

When to Use This Tool
A leader who's doing too much themselves and can't figure out why they can't let go
Someone whose team feels underutilized and disengaged while the manager stays overloaded
A client who delegates but then takes the work back when it doesn't meet their standard
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Think about a task you've been holding onto that probably belongs to someone els...

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1 The director who is technically still doing a senior IC's job from three levels above it
Context

A 47-year-old director of engineering at a mid-size SaaS company was promoted from principal engineer eighteen months ago. He has three senior engineers reporting to him, each with a team. He reviews every pull request. He rewrites design documents after his leads submit them. He attends code review meetings his reports run. His work calendar is 80% individual contributor activity and 20% management. His leads have stopped bringing him early-stage thinking because they've learned he'll change it anyway. The Delegation and Team Empowerment worksheet is introduced to map what he's holding, who should hold it, and what he believes would happen if he let go.

How to Introduce

Frame this as the cost-benefit analysis he hasn't run. 'You're doing the technical work you're best at and that you trus...

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