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Delegation Brief: Hand Off a Decision Without Losing Control
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The task or decision to delegate: {{TASK_TO_DELEGATE}}
The outcome I want and how I will know it is done well: {{DESIRED_OUTCOME}}
Level of authority I am giving them: {{AUTHORITY_LEVEL}}
Constraints (budget, deadline, things they must not do): {{DELEGATION_LIMITS}}
Who is involved or affected: {{STAKEHOLDERS}}
Produce:
1. A one-page brief written to the person: the outcome, why it matters, the authority they have (decide and tell me, recommend and I decide, or decide and act), the limits, and who they can go to.
2. Three decisions they can make without checking with me, and three they must bring to me.
3. Check-in points at sensible intervals, with a purpose for each, so I do not hover or disappear.
4. A line for the moment when they come to me with a problem, to keep the problem with them: two questions I can ask before offering advice.
5. What I will do if the work goes off track: how I will step in, and how I will say it.
6. A note to myself on my own habits that could undermine this delegation.
Keep the language respectful and clear; do not write as though the person lacks capability.
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“Delegation Brief: Hand Off a Decision Without Losing Control” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Business category, 228 words long, added to The Prompt Index on November 11, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{TASK_TO_DELEGATE}}, {{DESIRED_OUTCOME}}, {{AUTHORITY_LEVEL}}, {{DELEGATION_LIMITS}}, {{STAKEHOLDERS}}.
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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
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