Authentic Leader™

with Christopher R Jones

The Difference Between Authority and Accountability when Delegating

Why it’s important to know the difference between authority and accountability.

Leaders don’t understand what delegation really is and what it is not. Many leaders are already delegating without realizing it.

Every task completed by your team, every function they perform, and every project that they work on is a task that you delegated to them. If your team wasn’t performing these tasks, functions, or projects, you would be doing them.

The real problem comes when delegating new tasks, functions, and projects to your team. Are you delegating authority or accountability?

In today’s episode, I share how leaders can go too far when delegating to their technology teams and how to simply determine what you are really delegating.

Are you delegating accountability or responsibility?