The Courage to Delegate: Trusting with Psychology果敢授權：信任團隊的心理學
Build the trust, judgement and conversations that let you delegate with confidence
Delegation is not simply handing out tasks. It is a management capability built on trust, judgement and conversation.
Sound familiar
Do any of these sound familiar?
Do any of these sound familiar?
- I
Symptom
You have already "handed over" the task, yet you still end up doing it yourself.
- II
Symptom
Whenever a problem comes up, your team's first instinct is to come back to you rather than to think it through themselves.
- III
Symptom
Worried about quality and convinced it is faster to do it yourself, you keep defaulting to "Never mind, I'll just do it."
- IV
Symptom
It looks efficient in the short term, but the team gradually stops owning responsibility, the manager grows more exhausted, and the team never truly grows.
Outcomes
What changes for your team
What capabilities does this course build in your team?
Trust others, and become more trustworthy yourself
Understand what builds trust, recognise your own blind spots, and hand over responsibility at the right moment.
Build clear delegation conversations
Learn to set clear expectations, confirm who owns what, and build trust as you go.
Help your team own responsibility
As people get into the habit of thinking things through and asking the right questions, decisions and delivery flow far more smoothly.
Who it's for
Who it's for
- High-potential talent (Hi-Po)
- Management trainees
- Middle managers
- Supervisors who want to improve team effectiveness
What we cover
What we'll cover
Training Focus
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Monkey Management: Correcting Misplaced Responsibility
Every problem has an owner. When a colleague says "I don't know how to handle this," whose back is the monkey on? And when the manager replies "Let me think about it for you," where has the monkey gone? Learn to spot the moments responsibility quietly shifts in everyday conversations, and stop taking on burdens that were never yours to carry.
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Unpacking the Psychology of Trust
Trust is not just a gut feeling. Building it is a skill you can break down and learn. This programme examines the psychological elements behind trust: professional credibility, following through on your word, genuine connection, and where your focus really sits, on yourself or on the other person. Pinpoint your blind spots, then improve where it counts.
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Why Is Letting Go So Hard?
When a manager senses a colleague might fall short, the urge to take control often wins out over the willingness to delegate. Facing that honestly gives you the awareness to choose a different response the moment the urge strikes.
Our approach
Psychology-based training, built around you
Psychology-led training, designed around your organisation. We start with a training-needs analysis shaped by your culture, your stage of growth and the challenges you actually face, then build a programme that is yours alone. It can span executive meeting facilitation, strategy workshops and team-development activities, so the training maps to how your organisation runs and how it is led.
Awareness
Awareness
Helps participants deepen their grasp of their own thinking patterns, emotional responses and behavioural habits, building a steady, self-aware way of working. Through psychological frameworks, reflective exercises and interactive activities, participants sharpen their self-awareness, stay clear-headed under pressure, and make better decisions that lift workplace performance.
Competency
Competency
Through case analysis, scenario practice and interactive exercises, helps participants develop key workplace capabilities including communication, influence, problem analysis and decision-making. The course emphasises combining psychology with real work situations, so teams can collaborate more effectively, think clearly and make high-quality judgements when facing complex challenges.
Leadership
Leadership
Designed for managers and team leaders, focusing on developing leadership, team management and decision-making. Through case discussion, scenario simulation and interactive exercises, helps managers build the ability to communicate effectively, lead their teams and handle problems, turning management concepts into methods that can be put into practice.
The team
Meet the trainers
We start by understanding your goals and challenges, then match the trainer who fits best.
Peter Chan
Founder & Chief Psychologist, TreeholeHK
Cantonese · English
Peter applies psychology to organisational development, leadership and resilience training, and is a TEDx speaker and published author. A first-class honours Psychology graduate of HKU with postgraduate study at Oxford and NUS, he is also founder of MindForest AI.
Kenneth Yip
Corporate Consultant · OD Specialist
Cantonese · English
A senior L&D and OD consultant with more than 20 years in talent development and leadership, having led learning functions at major enterprises. Holds an MSc in Training (Leicester) and a BA in Public & Social Administration (City University of Hong Kong).
Samantha Man
Corporate Trainer · Executive Coach
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
More than 18 years in financial services and talent development, having led training and leadership programmes at major institutions. Specialises in leadership development, coaching-style management and communication. Holds an MA in Counselling (PolyU).
Raymond Chung
Corporate Trainer · Facilitation Specialist
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
Helps professionals think clearly and communicate under pressure. Holds international facilitation credentials including Workshopper Master (AJ&Smart), ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation & Coaching, and DISC Certified Human Behaviour Consultant.
Marc Cheung
Corporate Trainer · Negotiation Strategist
Cantonese · English
20+ years in corporate law and organisational communication, specialising in negotiation strategy, problem analysis and influence for multinationals and listed companies. Holds an MSc in Psychology (Shue Yan), plus BBA and law degrees.
Annie Tai
Corporate Trainer
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
Helps teams collaborate and communicate more effectively, drawing on more than 10 years across the commercial and social sectors. A Certified Coach and Master of Counselling candidate (CityU), she has run workshops for VTC, HKMU and HSBC.
Patrick Tang
Corporate Trainer · Psychology Specialist
Cantonese · English
Specialises in team building, leadership and career development, turning positive psychology into experiential, highly interactive learning. With more than 10 years' experience, she holds a BA in Psychology (CityU) and an MPH (CUHK), with advanced training at UPenn and Australia's positive-education institute.
Justin Wong
Corporate Trainer · Organisational Psychology Specialist
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
Focuses on team dynamics, employee engagement and the workplace application of psychometric assessment. Has delivered training at HKUST, HKMU, HKU and the VTC. Holds an MSc in Organisational & Social Psychology (LSE) and a first-class honours BSc in Psychology (CUHK).
Kit Shum
Psychology Specialist · Corporate Trainer
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
More than 10 years in psychology training and group facilitation, turning theory into practical learning that builds self-awareness, emotion regulation and resilience. Holds MAs in Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy (CUHK) and an MSocSc in Behavioural Health (HKU), and is a professional member of the HK Psychological Society.
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What clients say
Our DSG Learning Society finds Peter Chan’s sharing on growth mindset an inspirational one. What makes him stand out as a trainer is that the examples he shares are very relatable to both personal & professional life. He has a good sense of humour too. All these add up making him a trustable L&D partner, knowing how to foster growth & resilience in corporate culture
Joanna Wong
Head of Human Resources & Real Estate, DSG Energy Limited
Very skilled at understanding what are client’s training needs and the training session is simply captivating. What’s more, he always keep in mind what behaviours and mindsets need to be changed for the audience and offer applicable advises based on a psychological approach.
Kenneth Lee
Supervisor (Innovation and Creativity), The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG)
It was very different from a typical training - more like an open dialogue in a psychologically safe environment where all can share, and a chance for us to look inwards and raise our self-awareness on our ways of communication. The workplace communication workshop received very good feedback from the team - I can feel the energy and engagement throughout the process, and the approach of learning through activity matches with the young and energetic style of our team.
Crystal To
HR Business Partner HP, Boehringer Ingelheim (Hong Kong) Ltd.
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