The most common mistake many managers make is wanting to take on all the work and take responsibility for it. It seems to them that they will cope with it faster and better. This may be so, but as a result, they always have a sorely lack of time, while their subordinates have enough of it. It is necessary to abandon this leadership style and learn how to give instructions correctly.
Instructions
Step 1
Stop treating your subordinates like unreasonable children. Understand that these are specialists, professionals. If it seems to you that it is faster for you to do the work yourself than to explain it to your employee for a long time, then your mistake is that you talk too much. Say only the most important thing and name the result that you expect, you should not repeat the obvious unnecessarily with the belief that you may not be understood. As a last resort, in the process of work, the subordinate can clarify something with you, so it will not take much time to explain such an assignment.
Step 2
Never give instructions casually and in a hurry, your employee must clearly understand that it is given to him and be able to immediately clarify its details if they are not clear to him. Some people take some time to think about the task at hand. In addition, such an assignment is often unconsciously perceived by a person simply as a wish, completely unimportant and not very obligatory for urgent implementation.
Step 3
Always make sure that your assignment is understood correctly and that the results that the performer should get are clear to him. It is better to ask him once again to repeat the task and formulate his goals and form of presentation, than to force him to redo it several times.
Step 4
You should not improvise and voice your thoughts out loud unless you have a clear idea of what the performers should do. Give them an ultimate goal and list the methods by which it can be achieved. This is quite enough for your specialists to independently undertake the execution of the order, you can only control it in the process and, if necessary, make adjustments.
Step 5
Always set deadlines for any assignment, because it is very rare to tell a subordinate, "Do it when it suits you." In addition, without such a deadline, your employee will constantly postpone the execution of the assignment, making those that seem more important and urgent to him. If necessary, ask him to draw up a schedule for the implementation of this assignment and submit it to you for approval.
