To Delegate... or Not to Delegate - Webinar (4/23/24)

Effective delegation is one of the most valuable skills a supervisor can master. It reduces your workload and more importantly develops employee skills. Delegating prepares employees who work for you to be able to handle more difficult responsibilities and simultaneously allows you to work on other important activities and/or advance to other career opportunities within your library or organization.

Delegation, for many reasons, is often one of the hardest skills for a manager to master. However, this skill can be learned and applied. This informative session will explore many of the facets of delegation, including when to delegate and how to delegate. We will also go through the delegation process step by step and learn about techniques to overcome possible problems.

You will learn…

• How delegation, when done correctly, makes everyone more successful
• Different ways of delegating tasks
• The difference between delegation and accountability
• How to give better instructions for better delegation results
• To recognize common delegation pitfalls and how to avoid them
• How to monitor delegation results
• How to give more effective feedback
• To differentiate between and apply various levels of delegation and what works best in a given situation

Virtual Trainer: Michael Clark

Michael Clark has an extensive background in management and supervisory development, quality improvement efforts, facilitation of strategic planning sessions and executive retreats, and one-on-one executive coaching. He worked as a Training and Performance Improvement Director for various State of Florida agencies for many years and has been the Owner/President of MRC Consulting for fifteen years. He has designed numerous training programs using the Instructional Systems Design Methodology, and has delivered over 2000 seminars, workshops, and presentations covering a diverse set of topics, with a focus towards developing leadership skills for managers and supervisors. Michael has also led the NEFLIN Management Training Institute for several years.

Mr. Clark has earned a BS in Experimental Psychology, a M.Ed., and has completed the course work for a Ph.D. in Educational Administration with an emphasis in Instructional Systems Design Methodology at Florida State University.

This project was funded either under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or the Library Cooperative Grant program. Florida’s LSTA and LCG programs are administered by the Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2023-24, the total state and federal budgets for NEFLIN's programs are $694,693. 42% of the total costs ($294,693) are supported by federal funds, and 58% of this program ($400,000) is supported by state funds.