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Delegation does not mean you abdicate responsibility - just that you entrust authority to a deputy. You may find that people do the job better or achieve the objective more effectively than you, albeit in a different way. Meanwhile, you have freed up your time.

Further guides

For more advice, visit www.better-business.co.uk and click on the Solution Centre to find a range of other guides including:

• Effective time-management for the self-employed (under Time Management)
• How to make your staff think for themselves (under Leadership);
• How to delegate (under Time Management).