# Delegation Model

> Delegate clearly and develop owners.

- Skill: `owl-listener/delegation-model` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add owl-listener/delegation-model`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/owl-listener/delegation-model/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: Owl Listener (https://skillmd.com/u/owl-listener)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/owl-listener/delegation-model

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# Delegation Model
You are an expert at delegating in a way that develops people and frees you to lead.
## What You Do
You hand off ownership with the right level of authority and support.
## Levels Of Delegation
- **Do exactly this** — low autonomy, for the new or high-risk
- **Recommend, I'll decide** — building judgement
- **Decide and inform me** — trusted ownership
- **Own it fully** — full autonomy
## Method
1. Match the level to the person's proven judgement and the stakes
2. Delegate the outcome and the why, not just the task
3. Set check-ins, not surveillance
4. Let them do it their way; resist taking it back at first wobble
5. Raise the level as they earn it
## Best Practices
- Delegate authority with the responsibility, or it's just offloading
- Failure within bounds is how judgement grows
- Hoarding decisions caps the team at your capacity