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Competence Leverage Calculator

Find out whether a task should remain with you, be co-created, delegated, prepared for delegation, or removed.

Not everything you are capable of doing should be done by you. Choose one specific task and assess the value of your involvement, the cost of keeping it, and its readiness to be transferred.

The calculator does not make the decision for you. It helps you see where your involvement creates the greatest value and where it may be limiting the flow of work.

1definitely not 2mostly not 3partly 4mostly yes 5definitely yes

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Additional signal

The Keeper’s Question

Am I keeping this task because it genuinely requires my involvement, or because I am afraid to give up control?

Not every form of overload means that you are doing too many important things. Sometimes it means that you are doing too many things that should no longer belong to you.

First step towards transfer

Prepare Your First Delegation Brief

After this task is completed, the following should exist:

The task is completed well when:

The person performing the task may decide independently about:

My approval is required for:

Deadline or frequency:

The following is required to complete the task:

Progress and results will be reported through:

First turn chaos into a clear brief. This is the first step towards building leverage.

Competence Leverage Calculator

The task I am assessing

Assess three areas of the task

Am I keeping this task because it genuinely requires my involvement, or because I am afraid to give up control?

Prepare Your First Delegation Brief