Delegation is one of the most universal - and most challenging - leadership skills. Too often, leaders either hold on to too much or hand off responsibility without providing the clarity and context their teams need to succeed. Effective delegation isn’t just about assigning tasks - it’s about empowering others through meaning, trust, and disciplined initiative.

In this highly practical workshop, you’ll explore how storytelling and sensemaking enable leaders to delegate more effectively. You’ll learn the principles of the Ceannas disciplined initiative scaffolding, a structured approach that helps leaders share responsibility while keeping alignment and accountability intact. Through interactive exercises, you’ll practice framing context, setting boundaries, and enabling others to take ownership with confidence.

By the end of the session, you will:

• Understand why delegation so often fails—and how to avoid common pitfalls.
• Learn how storytelling enhances clarity, motivation, and shared purpose.
• Apply the disciplined initiative framework to delegate with confidence.
• Leave with practical strategies to unlock capacity in yourself and your team.
• Whether you’re leading a small team or a large organisation, this workshop will help you delegate more effectively, strengthen trust, and build a culture of empowered initiative.

About Julie Geyer: 
Julie has spent over a decade helping leaders and teams unlock their potential. Having worked across multiple sectors, she’s seen (and experienced) that people don’t leave jobs - they leave bad managers. That insight fuels her passion for developing leaders who build clarity, trust, and performance. Since joining Ceannas, she’s been hands-on in shaping their Evolve train-the-trainer programme and delivering workshops around storytelling, leadership, and culture. Ceannas is a global leadership development firm dedicated to enabling leaders to make their own behavioural changes that shape culture, influence organisational behaviour, and unlock high performance. In her work, Julie helps leaders bridge the gap between intention and action - giving them tools and confidence to delegate wisely, engage their teams, and build environments where people want to stay and grow.