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The document discusses empowerment and provides guidance on empowering individuals and organizations. It defines empowerment as taking responsibility and working independently towards common goals while understanding the reasons for guidelines. Empowerment involves considering the impact of decisions on all stakeholders and making trade-offs, not giving unilateral decision-making power. The document recommends leaders transfer ownership of work to those executing it and create an environment where people want to be responsible. It lists benefits of empowerment such as increased motivation, productivity and innovation.
Empowerment modernsamplefinal
- 2. Formula for Empowerment To make positive changes in our lives or in our organizations, we must follow the formula: Page 2www.readysetpresent.com
- 4. What Empowerment - Is Responsibility and Ownership. Working independently towards common objectives. Understanding “Why?” so that guidelines can be applied. Page 4www.readysetpresent.com
- 5. What Empowerment - Is Weighing the impact of decisions on all affected stakeholders. Making more trade -offs, not less. An earned privilege. It is not a given right!! Page 5www.readysetpresent.com
- 6. What Empowerment - Is Not Throwing out the rule book. Bypassing everyone who will say “No”. Doing the “Fun Parts” of someone else’s job. Freedom to unilaterally make decisions that impact others. Page 6www.readysetpresent.com
- 7. Give Power Away “Power is an ‘expandable pie’… power is not a zero-sum commodity, requiring that for others to have more, the leader must have less.” “You have to give power to gain power.” Page 7www.readysetpresent.com
- 8. How To Give Power Away Assign important tasks. Provide autonomy and discretion. Give visibility and recognition. Help build strong relationships. Page 8www.readysetpresent.com
- 9. Decision Test Questions (1 of 2) Empowerment Is it right for the customer? Is it right for our company? Is it ethical and legal? Have I assessed the risks against the benefits? Page 9www.readysetpresent.com
- 10. Leaders (1 of 2) Transfer ownership for work to those who execute the work. Create the environment for ownership where each person wants to be responsible. Coach the development of personal capabilities. Page 10www.readysetpresent.com
- 11. Benefits of Empowerment Page 11www.readysetpresent.com
- 12. Download “Empowerment” PowerPoint presentation at ReadySetPresent.com Slides include: 7 points on what empowerment is, 4 points on what empowerment is not, 6 slides on empowering the marginalized, racial minorities, and women, 7 questions to understand empowerment, 5 points on leaders, 6 points on a leader’s moment of truth, 4 basic empowerment tools, 3 things to remember, 3 points about information sharing, 7 benefits of empowerment, 7 points about empowerment in practice, 9 points about the rules of empowerment, 1 formula for empowerment, 3 points about empowerment components, 4 key points, 7 benefits of empowerment, 4 keys to assisting integration, 4 points about empowered people, 7 points about employee contracts, 6 points about building new contracts, 8 points on types of empowerment, 8 points about types of control, 6 elements of empowerment, 8 points on empowerment dimensions, 5 points on the value of employee input, 8 points on reluctant employees, 6 points on steps to value management, 6 points on the path to empowerment, 7 points on empowering skills, 4 points on managing conflict, 9 points on an empowerment planning team, 9 points on leadership that empowers, 15 points on empowered decision making, 8 points on how empowerment can fail, 12 points on when to empower, 11 points on when not to empower, 16 action steps, how-to’s and much more! Royalty Free - Use Them Over and Over Again. Now: more content, graphics, and diagrams www.readysetpresent.com Page 12