What To Delegate And What To Keep
Separate work you should keep from work you should delegate using a simple decision filter.
The delegation filter Managers often keep work for three reasons: it is visible, it is urgent, or it would take time to explain. Those are real pressures, but they are not good ownership rules. A stronger filter asks: what must stay with me, what can grow someone else, and what needs guardrails before it leaves my desk? Keep work that is tied to your unique accountability: final strategic trade-offs, performance decisions, commitments you personally made, and conversations where your authority changes the outcome. Delegate work that is repeatable, teachable, or closer to someone else's expertise. For risky work, split the…
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