Take a look at "Turn the Ship Around!" for a real world example of delegation that worked. As for me, it's about finding people who hold themselves accountable

Take a look at "Turn the Ship Around!" for a real world example of delegation that worked. As for me, it's about finding people who hold themselves accountable, then giving them a clear goal but with broad discretion in how to achieve it. The problem is when you have people who fail to hold themselves accountable. Then they usually blame the process or the org or such. This usually requires transitioning those people out of the organization or into roles in which they have a micromanager to keep them responsible.