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How can reducing responsibility, and utilising delegation impact stress?

Profile: xSarahlynnx
xSarahlynnx on Sep 12, 2014
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Reducing responsibility and utilising delegation will most definitely reduce the impact of stress by lightening the weight of your day.
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Profile: Lukedoc321
Lukedoc321 on Oct 22, 2014
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It can lower the amount of stress due to the lack of constant work one has to do. It also helps to train the mind to realize that not everything has to be done by themselves.
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Anonymous on Nov 4, 2014
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I sometimes struggle a lot at work especially with having lots to be responsible to the state where it's just not possible to manage it all and to be honest shouldn't be expected to. I found bringing other members of staff to help spread the load is a great way of reducing the stress you're under and you can bounce ideas of each other and support each other.
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Anonymous on Nov 22, 2014
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It is gonna have a great impact on stress. it will be reduced, for sure as you will not have to worry about other stuff. Comparatively, it will be reduced.
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AstridKingsley on Nov 24, 2014
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Provided that you maintain good relationships with your coworkers and trust them to do good work, delegating can reduce stress.
Profile: rayofhope11
rayofhope11 on Dec 6, 2014
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Reducing responsibility and utilising delegation will help impact stress as you will have a lesser workload and hopefully realize you do not have to get everything done by yourself.
Profile: LiLee
LiLee on Dec 16, 2014
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When you start delegating to your team and splitting the responsibility the stress of the whole team reduces drastically. The leader won´t feel overwhelmed, the team will feel more responsible and important, and everybody will work as a team, supporting each other
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Anonymous on Dec 18, 2014
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This is a trick question, because delegating responsibility doesn't negate it, because if the person you delegate responsibility to screws up, it will come back to haunt you. The key isn't just delegating, but delegating well. Thoroughly train the person you are delegating to, and make sure they are up to the task, and reliable. Then, ahhhh, you can relax.
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CHETAN on Dec 24, 2014
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well delegating some work can definitely reduce stress. stress increases when we have to complete a certain amount of work in certain time and we are afraid that we will not be able to accomplish that. delegating work to the right person will get more work done is less time which will ultimately increases the probability of getting the work done in time.
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heycrysteezy on Jan 3, 2015
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If you're the type who micromanages, this could be very hard for you, because in your mind, nobody can do the job like you can. Here's how I've used this to my advantage in the past: Teach your team to do specific tasks in the way that you would do them, and give them the creative freedom to come up with their own system. What's efficient for us could be inefficient for someone else. Use the team you have and play on their strengths. Give your fellow team members tasks you feel could challenge them, but also tasks that they will excel at.
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Anonymous on May 6, 2015
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It can reduce it greatly as long as you have those around you that can be trusted to perform those tasks for which you are delegating.
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Anonymous on Jun 7, 2015
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Interestingly, reducing responsibility and delegating tasks may seem like it will reduce stress. In my experience, the impact it will have on stress levels depends on who is taking up some of the responsibility and who is on the other end of the delegation of these responsibilities. If the people who will share the responsibility are capable and trustworthy, these actions can help reduce stress. If on the other hand, the delegation of responsibility starts a viscous cycle of having to double check and ultimately correct each step, it can cause more stress. I have had both results. It takes a while to figure out when you can delegate and when you cannot.
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parker1925 on Aug 25, 2015
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Stress is most commonly caused by feeling under pressure to deliver or achieve more than you feel capable of doing. Your brain is trying to figure out how to achieve 150% of what you're currently capable of . Delegation and reducing responsibility both help to bring that figure down to a level you know you can handle and the stress of trying to achieve it drops too
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HappyAndReady on Dec 13, 2016
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Reducing responsibility and delegating reduces stress by freeing yourself of the pressure to have to do everything on your own. You simply have to trust that things will still work out fine. Even if you don't have complete control over them.
Profile: CoachCicely39
CoachCicely39 on Nov 27, 2017
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10 fold. It may require you learning to trust others more, but the reduction on your stress level is well worth it.
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