Successful managers are often masters of delegation. You can never be good at everything your business requires to be done. If you have chosen your employees with care and have trained them well, you should be able to delegate to them. Any executive who attempts to do everything himself will soon get caught in the details and will lose sight of the big picture. Be very clear about what the job is and how it is to be done Brief your subordinate very clearly Allow freedom to work; accept that different people do the same job differently Keep track of what is happening, but don’t breathe down their necks You can delegate a job, but the responsibility stays with you Do not delegate jobs that involve bad news or have a high degree of uncertainty Do not delegate if the risk is high