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Empowerment Handoff Template

Transfer each item so the person owns the outcome, not just the task, with the context and authority to actually run it.

Complete one per handoff. The authority-level line is the make-or-break: responsibility without authority leaves the person accountable but not empowered.

Handoff elementDetail
What is being handed off
The context and the why
What success looks like
Authority level (decide alone / check first / recommend)
Check-in cadence and support
What I will NOT do (reclaim, override, hover)

The last row is your discipline: reclaiming delegated work teaches everyone that delegation is temporary and guarantees it all returns. Done differently is not done wrong.

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Used at Step 3 for each handoff and Step 4 to set the support cadence. Back to the guide, or start over.