Enjoying those 14-hour work days?

We didn’t think so. But unless you’re proactively handing-off non-essential tasks and projects, those marathon work days aren’t likely to get any shorter.

Your best solution? Start delegating.

Delegation is much more than a work/life balance tool; it’s a critical business process that can help you run a more efficient, profitable business. So until cloning becomes more full-proof and cost-effective, delegate these tasks to get them off your plate (while making sure they still get done correctly):

1. Accounting and bookkeeping tasks, such as sending out invoices, inputting financial information and maintaining records.
2. Administrative tasks, including scheduling appointments, fielding incoming calls, preparing correspondence and managing your calendar.
3. Data entry tasks, including database maintenance and new data entry.
4. Packing and shipping tasks, including sending out mass mailings and fulfilling product orders.
5. Call center and customer service tasks, including handling appointment scheduling and incoming customer calls.
6. IT support tasks, including troubleshooting and resolving computer problems, as well as training employees on new software and hardware.

Tips for Effective Delegation

• State goals clearly.  Describe what the results should look like.
• Tell employees how to act.  Should they wait for instructions, recommend a course of action, or simply act and then report the results?
• Provide adequate support and be available to answer questions.
• Plan in “revision time.”  Send work back for a re-do if needed, with specific feedback.
• Make sure employees have the authority and resources they need to do the job.
• Recognize and reward outstanding performance.
• Know what NOT to delegate. If a task: directly impacts quality, innovation or finances; is crisis-related; or is confidential, keep it on your own plate.

Get Help from Your Staffing Partner

A national employment agency like Exact Staff can:

• Deliver the right people – exactly when you need them – to take on delegated tasks.
• Provide temporary support to “offload” low-priority tasks, while your skilled employees tackle more complex concerns.
• Be your hiring “delegees.” Delegate hiring, screening, and strategic planning decisions to Exact Staff. You provide the information. We do the work. You get great results!