by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Capacity and delegation
Capacity and delegation · 2 min readFeedback and reviews for your own people. Hiring, firing and pay decisions. The direction of the team. The two or three client relationships that would hurt most to lose. Crises while they are crises. Anything...
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Capacity and delegation
Capacity and delegation · 3 min readOn a five-level scale, most managers delegate at level two or three: look into it and report back, or recommend and I decide. It feels safe because the decision stays with the manager. It also means every task comes back...
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Capacity and delegation
Capacity and delegation · 2 min readWrite five lines: the result, who it is for, what it must include, when it is due, and how you will both know it is done. Say which decisions are theirs. Then leave it alone until the finished work arrives, and review...
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Capacity and delegation
Capacity and delegation · 2 min readPrepare, hand over, support, review. Prepare: choose the task and write the brief. Hand over: give it to the right person with a named level of authority. Support: be available, but only when asked. Review: compare the...
by M-Tracker | Oct 22, 2026 | Capacity and delegation
Capacity and delegation · 2 min readList everything the person has on, with rough hours. Compare it with the hours they really have after meetings. Then, together, decide what to drop, what to delay, what to move to someone else, and what to split. Tell...
by M-Tracker | Oct 22, 2026 | Capacity and delegation
Capacity and delegation · 2 min readWork stalls in the gaps between people. Fix it with four rules: every task has one owner, every handoff is said out loud, someone owns the waiting, and shared work has a lead. "We'll look into it" means nobody will. "Sam...
