{"id":866,"date":"2022-11-15T05:30:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/?p=866"},"modified":"2022-12-19T13:25:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T19:25:30","slug":"learning-to-delegate-5-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/learning-to-delegate-5-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Delegate \u2013 5 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is part one of a two part series.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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A leader who keeps all of their authority and responsibility to themselves is failing in their leadership role.<\/span><\/i> [1]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

Part of growing as a Godly and effective leader is learning to delegate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our most recent Monthly Prayer devotional<\/a> addressed <\/span>delegating.<\/span><\/i> During the month of November and December the Flourish articles will continue to build on our understanding of this important leadership skill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you think of a time when you have had certain tasks poorly delegated to you? Or perhaps you have tried to delegate some of your responsibilities to someone else and have struggled to know how to do it well? Either way, learning to delegate effectively is one of the most difficult leadership skills to understand and master.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are five questions which I hope will help you grow in this area of healthy leadership. (We will cover questions 1-3 in this article and questions 4 and 5 in the December article.) <\/span><\/p>\n

Question #1: Is delegation Biblical? Where do we see delegation in the Bible?<\/h4>\n

The Bible is filled with examples of delegation. Here are a few:<\/span><\/p>\n

God delegated<\/span><\/p>\n