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Getting started as a delegator: What to delegate

💡 The outcome of effective delegation is the multiplication of your energy—by refocusing how you spend your time.

Some individuals are ready to delegate on day one of their partnership. Others need guidance on where to…

Getting started as a delegator: Mental shifts

💡 Becoming a great delegator requires changing how you think. Some of the behaviors that made you successful in the past are the ones that will hinder your success.

1. Letting go of control: Onboarding an EA is like doing a…

Getting started as a delegator: Tactical pre-requisites

Getting started as a delegator: Delegating CLEARly

💡 CLEAR is Athena’s standard to ensure the highest possible success rate for anything you delegate.

There are five dimensions to what makes a good delegation — abbreviated into C.L.E.A.R.

Getting started as a delegator: Defining a delegation stack

💡 Working in a remote partnership requires you to have a defined set of tools to streamline your communication and collaboration.

Getting started as a delegator: Providing precise feedback

💡 Feedback is the vehicle for your EA to learn to think and make decisions like you.

Your EA is not a mind reader. They cannot access the millions of preferences hard-coded in your brain that dictate…

Progressing as a delegator: Behaviors

💡 There are seven behavioral shifts you need to make to succeed as a delegator.

1. Problem-solving to problem assigning: The best delegators focus on solving problems in their zone of genius — and they delegate the rest.

Progressing as a delegator: Breadth and depth

💡 The best delegators have delegation footprints that are deep and wide. Their…

Progressing as a delegator: Skill

💡 Increasing skill as a delegator means shifting from delegating individual tasks to handing off repeatable processes and entire goals.

Novice: Task-oriented delegation
Stream-of-consciousness delegation. You delegate as things come up.
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