Not everything can be delegated to your team, there are 5 questions to ask yourself:

1. Is there someone else who has (or can be given) the necessary information or expertise to complete the task? There may be some tasks that only you have the qualifications or experience to be able to do.
2. Does the task provide an opportunity to grow and develop their skills?
3. Is this a task that will recur in the future?
4. Do you have enough time to delegate the job effectively? You may need time to train the individual, for questions, and for checking purposes
5. Is this a task I should delegate? There will be some things that only you can do, perhaps things linked to long term success (e.g recruiting new team members).

The other things to consider are:-

• Project time-lines and deadlines
  • How much time is available to do this?
  • What are the consequences of not completing the job to the required standard on time?
• Your expectations of the results
  • How important is it that the results are of the highest possible quality?
  • Is an adequate result good enough?
  • Would failure be crucial?
  • How much would failure impact on other things?