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The word
empowerment means to
authorize, enable,
and permit.
Ideally,
empowerment of employees
results in increased
initiative,
involvement,
enthusiasm,
innovation and
speed, all in support of the
company's
vision.
Defining,
inspiring and encouraging
empowerment is the job of
leadership.
Middle management needs to be
assured that subordinate
empowerment is for their
personal gain as well as the
collective good of the firm. If
this cannot be accomplished a
non-conforming individual may
need to be removed from the firm
before a
cultural
transformation takes place
in order to avoid conflict.
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