Pick the Right Work: What You Should (and Should Not) Delegate

How to delegate work: what to delegate at work (and what not to) so your time goes to the highest-impact tasks. Discover a simple 2-step decision filter for effective delegation, workload management, and delegation skills that actually work in real life. Walk away with a fast, repeatable way to choose what to keep, what to hand off, and one small action to apply this at work this week.

What You'll Learn:

• Use a simple 2-step filter (Impact vs. Effort, Judgment vs. Process) to quickly decide what to delegate and what to keep on your plate.
• Spot the kinds of tasks that are ideal for delegating to employees—low-impact, routine, and developmental work that grows your team’s skills.
• Recognize what not to delegate: high-impact, judgment-heavy, and mission-critical decisions that require your direct ownership.
• Turn vague “help me with this” asks into clear, effective delegation by defining success, decision rights, and check-in points.
• Apply workload management principles so your calendar reflects your highest-value work instead of reactive task-taking.
• Avoid common delegation mistakes that quietly destroy productivity and delegation (like delegating only admin work or holding on to too much).
• Connect the concepts to your own role by identifying one specific area where better delegation would immediately reduce your stress.
• Translate insight into action by choosing one tiny, low-risk step this week to practice better delegation in real time.