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Delegate

Professional Management Buzzword General

To assign your work to others, with authority to match — in theory. Delegation without authority is just distribution; the decisions still queue outside your door.

Heard in the wild

“He delegates tasks but not decisions, so everything still waits on him.”

Tone check: Professional

The real transfer is decision rights. Watch whether the delegate can say yes without checking.

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