{"id":1330,"date":"2011-11-29T09:41:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2011-11-29T09:41:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T14:41:54","slug":"need-to-be-a-better-delegator-theres-a-class-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"Need to be a Better Delegator? There’s a class for that . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever have so much going on that it doesn’t feel like there’s even enough time to ask anyone for help?\u00a0 Or have you wanted to reach out to your team members for help but wound up just keeping all the work yourself because it was too complicated figuring out what you could safely and fairly give away, who you\u00a0should delegate it to\u00a0and how you could make sure work still got done well and on-time once you handed it over to others?<\/p>\n

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To do or to delegate? How good are you at making that call?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If so, you aren’t alone, according to\u00a0Jennie Petrovich, an MSU Organization and Employee Development consultant. Petrovich, who also oversees the education and training provided to MSU employees through the office of Human Resource Development, said that becoming more effective at delegation can make life better for both the delgator and\u00a0the people being delegated to, while also improving the overall quality of the work accomplished.<\/p>\n

“We get a lot of requests from MSU employees to help them become\u00a0more comfortable with and effective at delegation,” Petrovich said.\u00a0\u00a0“Delegation is both an art and a skill.\u00a0 Do it well, and everybody benefits.\u00a0 Do it badly, and it can wind up increasing everyone’s stress load and hurting the quality of the work.”<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, December 7, from 8:30 a.m. to Noon, HRD will be offering a half-day\u00a0class on effective delegation called Delegation for Results.\u00a0 Class facilitator\u00a0Debra Nelson Dunbar will\u00a0help participants learn:<\/p>\n

\u2022 What delegation is and what it is not
\n\u2022 What the manager’s role is in effective delegation
\n\u2022 When delegation is appropriate and when it is not
\n\u2022 How to grapple with the difficult issues of responsibility, authority and accountability in the delegation process.<\/p>\n

“We understand that it can be a hard choice to invest a half of a\u00a0day in training when your to-do list looks a mile long and deadlines are looming,” Petrovich said.\u00a0“But investing a morning in picking up new skills\u00a0that can\u00a0help you harness the help of others can go a long way toward making those to-do lists and deadlines more manageable and less stressful.”<\/p>\n

As 2011 winds down, it’s a great time to squeeze in some professional development and\u00a0acquire new skills\u00a0that can give you the gift of a less stressed and more effective\u00a02012.<\/p>\n

Useful Links<\/p>\n

View a step by step video of how to\u00a0register for an HRD Class<\/a><\/p>\n

View the Spartanslearn Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever have so much going on that it doesn’t feel like there’s even enough time to ask anyone for help?\u00a0 Or have you wanted to reach out to your team members for help but wound… Continue Reading… Need to be a Better Delegator? There’s a class for that . . .<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-ls","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}