{"id":7775,"date":"2008-11-23T05:16:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T11:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/23\/empowerment-the-key-to-developing-your-management-skills\/"},"modified":"2008-11-23T05:16:52","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T11:16:52","slug":"empowerment-the-key-to-developing-your-management-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=7775","title":{"rendered":"Empowerment – The Key To Developing Your Management Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"
by MP Haworth<\/div>\n

It’s amazing how many managers feel that they just cannot be absent from their workplace because they are ‘irreplaceable’. By empowering their employees, much more is possible…<\/p>\n

It must be very wearing for managers to feel that they just cannot absent themselves, when they are missing people in place who can do a great job in their absence. <\/p>\n

Empowerment – The Holy Grail Of Management<\/p>\n

You see, most managers come from the ‘shop-floor’ and find it difficult to let go of that role.<\/p>\n

This is an insecurity issue – they feel their job is threatened if they are not the one making the call. <\/p>\n

So they find it hard to not do the whole job, despite having people around them who would willingly do a bit more.<\/p>\n

Empowerment Improves Productivity – A Lot!<\/p>\n

Where there are a bunch of employees who are not able to contribute fully because a manager hasn’t been able to ‘let go’ enough, they almost wilfully step back when they could get more involved.<\/p>\n

That’s because it postpones a decision to make the customer satisfied at the moment, and may involve more work on the employee’s part, thinking out a solution or a discount maybe.<\/p>\n

If a manager makes all the top decisions and involves his people as a minimum, they will do as they’re told, collect their regular salary slip and do only what’s asked of them.<\/p>\n

It’s The Manager’s Fault!<\/p>\n

It’s easy for a manager to let this happen.<\/p>\n

It’s quite a step to recognize that employees will evolve their capabilities when they have the trust of the manager and are allowed to do more.<\/p>\n

In the front line with customers, having the power to solve their problems fast is a particularly valuable asset. <\/p>\n

Customers Want Employee Empowerment<\/p>\n

The customer is waiting for the “manager isn’t here”, and when he gets it, becomes extremely irritated. <\/p>\n

Or worse, it’s a way of passing the blame for the issue in question onto a manager, both by the employee and then the customer.<\/p>\n

It’s a no-win situation for a manager that wants to portray that they are in control. <\/p>\n

A Manager’s Strength Is His Team<\/p>\n

Look, managers are not perfect in every way – they cannot fix everything in their business on their own; it’s their ability to get the most from their people that makes the difference.<\/p>\n

For example, if you let your employees know that you expect them to make a reasonable decision in your absence, let them know that they are the manager in control when you are gone.<\/p>\n

You will stand behind the logical decisions they make, and then let them know what you might have done different, you are teaching them to become a manager. <\/p>\n

Any manager with that sort of team ethic will benefit hugely from the freedom that comes as a result.<\/p>\n

What Empowerment Brings<\/p>\n

Of course, when a manager has been used to keeping every tricky decision to themselves, it’s a bit of a fear to let things go – and it can be one of the best things they can learn to do.<\/p>\n

Individuals start to flower in their abilities and become the swan to the ugly duckling of the past. – producing results even beyond their own imagination.<\/p>\n

It’s a truly exciting step to take when a manager decides to take a route to fully empower their people.<\/p>\n

Any Manager Will Value Empowerment Skills<\/p>\n

Any manager who develops the way they empower their people will be pleasantly fascinated at how they see individuals develop as part of the team output.<\/p>\n

By freeing him or herself up by using the latent abilities of their people, an empowering manager truly lives and breathes the experience – and that’s pow<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
(c) 2008 Martin Haworth is the author of Super Successful Manager!<\/a>, a very simple, step-by-step weekly development program for managers of ANY capability. You can get a sample lesson for free at http:\/\/www.SuperSuccessfulManager.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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