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Book Description

From us to you... the precious gift of freedom from your unbearable workload and space to breathe!

What is the main thing that stops you doing all those things you'd love to do? That stops you trying a new idea, starting a new hobby, looking for new opportunities or finishing that long-overdue project. It's time isn't it? It certainly is for most of us. We're all drowning in work – never-ending to-do lists, constant deadlines one after the other, too many emails to possibly answer! If only some of that load could be lifted. If only we could find some space, some breathing room, some time to actually think. It would mean we could try new things, think creatively, do our best rather than just enough to get it done and off our plate. Certainly in work, business growth is dependent on creative thinking and innovation – you need time to do that. If you want to succeed in your career, or make more room in your life for the nonwork stuff, then you need to free up some time. And what's the key to finding time? Delegation. Let Gail Thomas teach you to art of delegation. Stop wasting your time on tasks you're overqualified for and see how you actually can focus on the important stuff. And you won't just learn how to delegate 'down' – Gail will also help you master upwards delegation.

The Gift of Time includes:

  • How proper delegation can lead to a more successful career and a happier life
  • Solid research into the value of delegation in real monetary terms
  • An examination of the attitudes and barriers to delegation and how to overcome them
  • Different types of delegation – not just 'downward delegation' but upwards and sideways delegation, silent and stakeholder delegation
  • Articles by guest writers – experts in particular areas, such as parental delegation
  • Case studies to illustrate exactly how effective delegation has been done to great results

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Part One: Introducing Delegation
    1. Chapter 1: The definition of delegation
      1. Notes
    2. Chapter 2: The benefits of delegation
      1. Note
    3. Chapter 3: The value of delegation
      1. Newly-created revenue as a result of delegation
      2. Value created by the reduction of dependence on, or removal of, the owner of the business
      3. Valuing delegation in corporate, charities and government departments
    4. Chapter 4: Types of delegation
      1. Downward delegation
      2. Upward delegation
      3. Sideways delegation
      4. Silent delegation
      5. Silent delegation and gender
      6. Stakeholders and the impact of business types on delegation
      7. Notes
  3. Part Two: Getting Delegation to Work
    1. Chapter 5: Barriers to delegation
      1. Know-how
      2. Money
      3. Trust/control
      4. Back to time
      5. Notes
    2. Chapter 6: Over-capability
      1. Note
    3. Chapter 7: The delegation mindset
      1. Delegation and mistakes
      2. Note
  4. Part Three: Your Delegation Plan
    1. Chapter 8: Step 1: Why delegate?
    2. Chapter 9: Step 2: What to delegate?
      1. Task List Profile
      2. Task List Profile second column
      3. Task List Profile with timings
      4. Task List Profile with ‘who’ column
      5. Note
    3. Chapter 10: Step 3: Who to delegate to
      1. Delegation and the team
      2. Note
    4. Chapter 11: Step 4: Getting from ‘I do’ to ‘You do’
      1. Notes
    5. Chapter 12: Step 5: How to delegate
      1. Delegate with confidence and get guilt out of the way
      2. Tools required for effective delegation
      3. Be prepared for cock-ups
      4. Check, check, report
      5. Notes
  5. Part Four: Delegation in Context
    1. Chapter 13: Delegation as a new leader
    2. Chapter 14: Delegation and other leadership skills
      1. Note
    3. Chapter 15: Disastrous delegation
      1. Note
    4. Chapter 16: Delegation for parents
  6. Conclusion: To only do, what only you can do
    1. Note
  7. Appendix 1: The art of delegation white paper
    1. Background
    2. Premise
    3. Anecdotal support
    4. Research
    5. Findings
    6. Statistics
    7. Further activity
    8. Conclusion
    9. Notes
  8. Appendix 2: The art of delegation manifesto
  9. About the author
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Index
  12. End User License Agreement
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