Learn to delegate with clarity and confidence to foster autonomy, strengthen engagement, and enhance team performance.
« Je vais aller plus vite si je le fais moi-même. » Combien de fois avez-vous prononcé cette phrase ? Si le réflexe de tout prendre en charge part souvent d'une bonne intention, il mène inévitablement à la surcharge de travail pour le gestionnaire et au désengagement pour l'équipe. La délégation ne consiste pas à se débarrasser des tâches ingrates, mais bien à utiliser un levier de management stratégique.
C'est l'art de confier des responsabilités pour développer les compétences de ses employés.
Cette formation vous donnera les clés pour vaincre vos freins psychologiques, structurer vos demandes et accompagner vos collaborateurs vers une véritable autonomie professionnelle.
Is it for you ?
This training is essential for executives, managers, supervisors, team leads, project managers, and anyone responsible for leading and developing employees.
Prerequisites
No technical prerequisites are required.
Note: It is strongly suggested that you have management or supervisory responsibilities so you can quickly apply the concepts covered in class.
What You'll Walk Away With
- ✓ Freeing up your time: Step away from daily operations to focus on your true role: strategy and vision.
- ✓ Preventing burnout: Lower your stress levels by distributing the workload equitably.
- ✓ Empowering the team: An employee who is entrusted with responsibilities gains confidence, motivation, and loyalty to the company.
- ✓ Organizational agility: An autonomous team is capable of making decisions and moving forward even in the absence of its manager.
Training content
1 The challenges and obstacles of delegation
- Distinguishing between "delegating," "assigning tasks," and "dumping work."
- The myths of delegation (loss of power, lack of time to train).
- Identifying your own delegation profile (the controller, the rescuer, the avoider).
2 Preparing to delegate (What and to whom?)
- The Eisenhower Matrix: categorizing tasks to identify what can be delegated.
- Assessing the maturity, competence, and motivation level of each employee (Situational Leadership).
- Defining the scope of the task and the limits of the authority granted.
3 The delegation meeting (The "How-to")
- Structuring the meeting: context, objectives, expected deliverables, and timelines.
- Ensuring mutual understanding: the art of having them paraphrase.
- Defining the necessary resources (time, budget, access, support).
4 Follow-up: guiding without micromanaging
- Establishing check-in milestones in advance with the employee.
- Managing "monkey on your back" syndrome (avoiding taking the task back when the employee encounters a difficulty).
- The right to make mistakes as a learning tool.
5 Review, feedback, and recognition
- Evaluating results against set objectives (rather than "how you would have done it").
- Providing constructive feedback in the event of gaps.
- Recognizing and celebrating accomplishments to reinforce future autonomy.
📌 Practical information
Our training sessions are offered in Montreal or Quebec City, in person or in a virtual classroom. Dates and locations are specified when you select your session below. If you have any questions, check out our FAQ.
