Put it into practice
List five recent questions that returned to you.
Compare frequency, downside, reversibility and the team's access to evidence.
Select one suitable decision and explain why the others are staying with you for now.
A case to think through
Rescheduling a routine internal meeting may be a safer first case than changing a major customer's commercial terms.
This is a hypothetical operating example, not a client result.A boundary worth checking
Delegating your hardest judgement first makes it difficult to distinguish a poor agreement from a decision that genuinely needs senior authority.
A useful first handover is small enough to test and meaningful enough to matter. Keep the original work records so the review can distinguish what was agreed from what happened. If the recipient cannot explain a suitable ordinary case and an exception, clarify the agreement before expanding it.
Your handover working notes
Use these prompts with the person taking ownership. Record the agreement within your existing permissions.
| Prompt | Notes from your case |
|---|---|
| Decision candidate | |
| frequency | |
| downside | |
| reversibility | |
| proposed owner |
Should I start with my least favourite task?
Only if the decision is suitable and the other person has capability and time. Dislike alone is not a delegation criterion.
Give one decision a clear owner.
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