Effective delegation requires four elements: clarity of outcome (what success looks like), appropriate authority (power to act without constant escalation), support without micromanagement, and accountability for the committed outcome.

Every task you continue performing that a capable delegate could perform is a task that prevents you from doing what only you can do. Delegation is not reducing effort — it is investing it where it yields the greatest return.

In manufacturing, the MD who must approve every quotation, review every quality report, and attend every production meeting has created a bottleneck that limits the organisation's speed at precisely the moments when speed matters most.