Delegation Empowerment

Delegation is assigning work to team members with clear outcomes, autonomy, and support. Effective delegation is not command-and-control ("do it my way") but empowerment ("achieve this goal, your choice on approach"). Leaders who delegate scale their impact 10x. Teams with empowered delegation feel ownership and ship faster. Example: Engineer says "I'm overwhelmed with design reviews." Manager delegates: "I want you owning architecture review for component X. You set review criteria, approve designs, mentor reviewers. Here's my support: office hours Tuesdays." Engineer grows, manager gets time back.