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Increased Team Loyalty

Got a team that bickers and gossips? If so, delegation can help curb this behavior—or keep your team from developing it.

A team that squabbles and gossips is in need of engaging work, better focus, and collective commitment to a larger purpose. Delegation can help to fill these needs and bring your team together as a loyal, smart-working, confident, and dedicated group.

When you’re sharing the workload, you’re ensuring others have enough to do. And by assessing the team thoroughly, as part of delegating effectively, you can ensure you’re assigning work that is challenging and thought provoking according to each employee’s skill level and development needs.

Effective delegation also requires that you make it clear who is assigned which tasks and responsibilities, avoiding role ambiguity and role encroachment—the top reasons for conflict in organizations. Delegation also helps to unite your employees, again giving them a stake in the larger purpose of the work at hand.