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Managers often fall into the trap of not delegating because they think it would be easier to do things themselves, but this is worse for everybody, according to a leadership specialist.

Feelings of guilt, a lack of confidence in their team's abilities, and confusion around role definition are some of many reasons leaders struggle to delegate tasks and end up feeling over-worked, Rebecca Houghton, CEO of Bold HR tells HR Daily.

"Sometimes when we think about delegation we get that anxiety in our chest, because we're nice people and we love our teams and we don't want to over-burden people and we don't want to be seen as potentially not doing our job," she explains...