What Are The Advantages Of Delegating Tasks?

There are so many reasons why you should delegate tasks in your business. Here are some of the best ones.

You will have more time to make money. There are many tasks that may take you hours when it could take someone else only an hour to do. These tasks should be given to others because your time is better spent making money than struggling through time-consuming tasks!

You can have more time for important tasks. As a business owner, you fill a lot of shoes. If you accept help, you can focus on the most important parts of your business.

If you end up hiring employees, they will gain new skills and build you a capable team! If your business is growing fast enough, it can be wonderful to start hiring employees. You want to train them well and keep them interested by giving them new and challenging tasks.

If you have a creative job, it can be helpful to embrace the power and creativity of more than just one person. There are many jobs where it is helpful to look at a project in multiple ways. Since everyone thinks differently, you may be astonished by what the different members of your team come up with.

You have more time with your family. Most business owners struggle with finding a balance between work and home. If you hire help with, even, just one or two tasks, you may have extra time to spend with your family.

With well-trained employees, you will be able to take days off when you need to and vacations to rewind, knowing that you won't have to worry about your business. You will know that your business will do fine without you, so you can take the time that you need for your family and yourself! Business owners who do not vacation are more likely to burn out and close their businesses.

Though it may be hard, it might be the right time to get started on the road to delegation. Who knows, you may even wonder why you didn't do it sooner?

That being said, it isn't for everyone. Here are some disadvantages that you may face.

If you are not happy with the work, you may end up redoing it or giving it to someone else. Yes, you might not like it, but at least you have a base to get started. Eventually, you will have a group of people that you trust and who know what you want, so you will get things done the way that you want them done.

It takes time to find people who will do the quality work that you want the way that you want it. However, it will be all worth it when you can just hand it over without worrying about it.

You may also start by handing out smaller projects. Tell them what you like (and don't) so they know how to improve. After working with them for a while, you should be able to give them bigger and more important tasks with less supervision (since they already know what you expect).

You don't have the money to hire help. It does cost money to hire help, but there are many places where you can get things done for really cheap.

Besides, if you think about it, how much is your time really worth? If you spend three hours working on a project that is not making you any money (like your website), how much money could you be making during that time? If you could make one hundred and fifty dollars doing something else, why can't you afford to pay someone fifty dollars to give you that time back!

You can't give up control of your business! I'll admit this. It is hard to give up control of your business. Though, it is also very freeing. I have help with my writing commitments which allow me to focus on other things. I have people do research for my books, so I just have to put it all together. I may even have to hire someone to help me market my books so that they might sell enough to make all of this time worth it!

Only you can decide whether or not delegation is for you. It might be the best decision that you made, but you may end up struggling too much!

Previously published on Medium.