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Handover

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/ˈhændoʊvər/nounCommon term

In management & leadership, handover means: The process of passing work, responsibilities and information to another person, for example when someone changes role, goes on leave or ends a shift.

In Turkish: devir teslim, görev devri

How it is used

Common in project work, healthcare, operations and whenever people leave a job. You prepare a handover document, do a proper handover or agree a handover period. The phrasal verb is hand over.

Example sentences

  1. Please write a handover note before you go on maternity leave.

  2. We planned a two-week handover so the new manager could meet every client.

Common collocations

  • handover document
  • smooth handover
  • handover period
  • do a handover
  • delegateTo give part of your work, responsibility or decision-making power to someone else, usually a person in your team, while still checking that the result is achieved.
  • succession planningThe process of identifying and preparing people who can take over key roles, especially senior leadership roles, when the current holders leave or retire.
  • follow upTo check on a task, request or decision after it has been given or discussed, to make sure it is done or to get more information; the noun is follow-up.
  • ownershipIn management, the attitude of treating a task or problem as your own and taking responsibility for getting it done, rather than waiting for someone else to act.

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