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Delegation without Stress: What Managers Need to Know (Udemy.com)

Use Delegation to Multiply your Effectiveness, Build Team Resilience, and Increase Motivation in your Team

Created by: Mike Clayton

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • Quite simply, you will be able to delegate with confidence
  • You'll understand the blockers to delegation
  • ...and be able to overcome them
  • You'll know the delegation process
  • ...and be comfortable applying each step
  • You'll get more from your team - so, they will be more productive
  • You'll get more time for yourself - so, you'll be more productive too
  • Your team will be more resilient and better able to cope when you're away
  • Your team will be better motivated
  • And you'll prepare them for promotion
  • Which will make you more promotable too!

How it compares

Against the other 230 rated Udemy courses in Leadership & Management on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 22% of them
  • Reviews1,467#101 of 231 by number of reviews
  • Length1.9 hoursshorter than 52% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 98% of them

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Course Description

I was a manager myself, so I know the challenge of getting the best from my team members – using their time well, keeping them motivated, and developing new skills. 

And I also know the pressures on your time, now you have more responsibilities.

The solution to both is... Delegation.

It doesn’t matter how good you are at doing stuff: once you become a manager or supervisor, you need to be able to delegate.

And that’s what you’ll learn by the end of this course.
You'll be able to delegate with the confidence that the task is under control.

What you'll get

You’ll get 18 lecture modules and 7 assignments, going deep into the craft of delegation. 
so you’ll be able to delegate precisely and with confidence that the work will be done…
And done well.

A lot of your learning will come from exercises.
They are short 'thinking' exercises, that will help you find a lot of the answers for yourself.

I will brief you by video on each exercise.
And then I'll debrief you in a second video lecture. In that, I'll share the best answers I have, for each of the questions I set you.


This course has five sections
In the Introductory section, we’ll talk about

  • what delegation is

  • how to avoid reverse delegation, where you end up doing the work your team members are supposed to be doing for you.

A lot of new managers, supervisors, team leaders, and project managers find it hard to delegate.
They give all sorts of reasons why they don’t do it.
So, in section 2, we’ll look at those excuses, and why they are bogus. 

Delegation is a powerful organizational tool.
But only when used for the right reasons.
In section 3, we’ll look at:

  • the positive reasons to delegate, 

  • the reasons you should never use for delegation, and 

  • the tasks that you should keep to yourself, and not delegate at all.

Section 4 is the main part of this course.
You’ll learn the five-step process for delegating effectively, and we’ll tear down each step to understand how it works. 

Finally, in section 5, we’ll wrap it all up. 


Who I designed this course for
This course is designed for you if:

  • You are a new manager, supervisor or team leader

  • … or you hope to be

  • You have some experience, but need a refresher on delegating

  • If you hope to succeed in management and want to make a rapid start

  • … and if you are unlikely to get all the support and advice that you want from your colleagues and your organization.

If this sounds like you, and if you are ready to start succeeding as a leader, enroll now by clicking the button.  I look forward to working with you.


Prior Experience The only prior experience you need is working life. But, if you have management, supervisory, or team leading experience, you'll find it even easier!

Your Tutor Your tutor is Dr. Mike Clayton. As a senior project, program and change manager at the international consulting firm, Deloitte, Mike led large and complex change projects for his clients. 

Now, as a trainer and facilitator, he has been applying what he learned and teaching it to others. This course represents 15 years' experience of what tools students find most helpful, and 25 years experience in business, managing change, large and small.


And What if you have questions?  I will be on hand to answer your questions if you get stuck, puzzled, or just want to know more. As a professional trainer, this is what I do, and I promise to respond within 24 hours of your question arriving with me from Udemy. 

Enroll Now  Enroll for this course now, so you can start to regain control of your life straight away.


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Instructor Details

Mike Clayton

        Dr Mike Clayton is a business trainer, author and speaker. Since 2002, he has been helping professionals, managers and leaders to excel in their roles with management, leadership, and personal effectiveness training. 

        Mike has written over a dozen books for major publishers like Wiley, Macmillan and Pearson, including: Powerhouse, How to Manage a Great Project, How to Speak so People Listen, Brilliant Time Management, and The Influence Agenda. 

        Mike's professional background is 12 years as a project management professional with the London office of international management consultancy Deloitte. Prior to that, Mike had an academic career in Physics, working at the world renowned Schuster Laboratory of The University of Manchester.

Mike currently has 14 courses on Udemy, with a long list of successful seminars and training courses to convert into video format.

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Reviews

4.4

1,467 ratings on Udemy

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By Marisa Bosworth on 12/31/2025

Constantly freezing, trying to watch it was terrible. I had to quite and find a different training.

By Stephanie Velázquez Vázquez on 11/21/2025

The online class Delegation Without Stress teaches managers how to delegate effectively by choosing the right tasks, matching them to the right people, and providing clear instructions and support. It emphasizes monitoring progress without micromanaging and giving constructive feedback. The key takeaway is that proper delegation boosts efficiency, develops the team, and reduces manager stress.

By Roxanne Priest on 1/3/2025

Clear and concise concepts and practical examples. Knowledge learned in course can be applied immediately. Instructor gives students opportunities to understand subject and theory in real examples that resonate across any industry. Highly recommend for those who want to learn theory behind effective delegation.

By Deogracias De Alday on 4/11/2024

The course was very informative. I learned a lot in terms of delegation. A good number of assignments (not too many, just about right). Thorough explanations and examples that can be used in real-life scenarios, especially in an office-based setting.

By Reshma Polpully Vayanat on 12/27/2023

The content was great and insightful. There is so much to understand about delegation and Mike gives a deeper tone to the whole training that gives a sense of being in personal session. My only feedback is to reduce the volume of the music that plays in the beginning and the end of the video as its too jarring and when Mike starts speaking it's not very audible. Please reduce that it was the only annoying thing about this course.

By Anonymized User on 12/22/2023

I am grateful taking the chance to have this course. Getting limited knowledge on delegation, I got to explore the details, steps, and strategies in applying "delegation" in actual workplace. Positive mindset, patience, and building trust are important factors to delegate tasks. My initial concept on delegation is just giving task. After finishing this course, I came to realize that delegation is a procedural task entailing proper attitude and commitment.

By Neil Bull on 11/24/2023

It was a good match, having been in management for > 30 years I found that I was already doing the vast majority of this but didn't perhaps realise I was or more importantly understand why - it reinforced for me the "carrot over the stick" principles that I adhere to.

By Emile Kruger on 5/25/2022

I really enjoyed the course, short and to the point, but with a lot of information and guidelines! I learned a lot from Mike, I will for sure change my attitude toward delegation and I think the outcome of my delegation skills will be better and more successful than in the past! Thanks a lot!

By Denise Gsponer on 10/14/2021

This course had completely changed my attitude towards delegation. It isn't about "dumping" your work onto someone else. It is about trusting and developing others so that they can grow, learn and develop their careers and hopefully create a pool of individuals to take over - Succession plan - as people move on or retire.

By Regina T Lacefield on 9/14/2020

Yrs, you can’t scale dependency. In order for you to focus on the more timely and important projects, tasks and goals, it requires letting go of being a control freak and trusting the people you work with.

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