You
are manager, supervisor, or team leader attempting to move your team or your organization
toward a more empowered behavior, meaning, people take more independent action to make
things happen. A team member comes to you with a question, the kind you have been expected
to answer many times before. After all, this is the role of the leader isn’t it...to
answer questions and give direction?This time
though you use the magic words “What would you do?” You can
preface this question by saying that you have some thoughts, but you’d like to hear
theirs.
Granted, there are times when they need to know what you
want or think, but many times they have already formed ideas and opinions that should be
heard. If they have an idea that has promise, go with it. One’s commitment to
embrace a new idea, a change, or some innovation is directly proportional to their
involvement in the decision to do it. With time you’ll be surprised by the
results.
Resources
Related Team Building Program:
Management Training
Check out the books
on empowerment in our bookstore.
 In our
online catalog: The
Training Catalog
Empowerment ProfileTM
- A unique process
to help organizations assess their level of empowerment and help leaders
with strategies to improve it.
 Power
Up for Team Results
By Ken Blanchard, John Carlos, Alan Randolph, and Peter Grazier
This 10-pamphlet discussion series is a breakthrough in tools for leaders. Any team leader, supervisor, manager, or trainer can facilitate meaningful discussions on empowerment and self-direction with these pamphlets as a guide. Check out the information in our catalog. |
