Susan DrummCEO Advisor & Executive Coach | Leadership Change Agent

Delegation Isn’t Yours or Mine—It’s OURS

2 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Susan Drumm explains that delegation should be framed as a shared agreement between delegator and delegatee, summarized by her OURS acronym (O-U-R-S). In this excerpt she emphasizes that delegation is a contract—"not mine or yours, it's ours"—and begins unpacking O (Outcome): start by describing the desired end result and what a "home run" looks like rather than listing tasks or steps.

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So that's. That's one big thing. But I also think how people delegate is important because you're setting up, essentially, a contract between you of how you want to get something done. It's an agreement. And so what it goes into that agreement, how have you set yourself up for success? And because it's not neither mine or yours, it's ours. That's the acronym I use for how to delegate. And so each letter stands for something. The O stands for what is the outcome you're looking to achieve? Describe what a home run looks like. Your efforts are better spent there than like. And then do this task, and then do this test, and then do that test. Right. So start with the outcome.