NAME
Make ownership clear.
Define the outcome, the authority being transferred, and what good judgment looks like.
FIELD GUIDE 03
The Delegation
Playbook
Transfer ownership—not simply tasks—so people have the clarity, authority, and support to grow.
NAME · EQUIP · RELEASE
Develop people
without rescuing them.
Delegation is a leadership practice, not an act of unloading. It makes the outcome, decision space, support, guardrails, and return path clear.
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EQUIP
Provide what makes success possible.
Give context, resources, support, and a clear way to surface risk early.
RELEASE
Stay available without taking it back.
Agree useful checkpoints, then let the person carry the responsibility.
PREPARE A HANDOFF
Clarity is a form of trust.
The AI Leadership Desk can help prepare the conversation that makes a handoff more deliberate.
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