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The Benefits and “How Tos ” of Empowering Your Employees

The Benefits and “How Tos ” of Empowering Your Employees. We will discuss… What does empowering mean? Short-Term & Long-Term Business Plans/GOALS Do you REALLY want to empower employees? Empowering ALL employees? Costs Benefits Empowering Techniques. TO EMPOWER.

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The Benefits and “How Tos ” of Empowering Your Employees

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  1. The Benefits and “How Tos” of Empowering Your Employees We will discuss… What does empowering mean? Short-Term & Long-Term Business Plans/GOALS Do you REALLY want to empower employees? Empowering ALL employees? Costs Benefits Empowering Techniques

  2. TO EMPOWER …to give authority …to authorize …to enable …to permit …

  3. Define Empowerment • IS • A Culture • Flexible • Promoting “Outside the Box” Inspiration • IS NOT • A Defined Benefit • Identical for ALL • A formal structure

  4. Cultural • Company Attitude • Afraid to lose • Sustainable excitement • Client/Customer Relationships • Employee/employee relationships • Communication • Listening • Parenting

  5. Success Have Fun Do Good Work Make Money

  6. Cultural • Flattening the Pyramid • Loss of control – not just transfer of decision process • Employee Recognition • Motivation • If everyone does exactly like you do, how is the company going to get any better

  7. Cultural • Cost Accountability • HR Policy • SMART Goal Setting • Employee Benefits • Continuing Education • Planning (short-term/long-term/strategic/tactical)

  8. Management • Financial management is management by numbers and is attempting to manage by looking at history • Empowered management is immediate, “on-the-ground”, proactive • Each employee manage their work

  9. Empowering • Communication (listening) • Watch out for “group think” • Teams • Engage all Disciplines • accounting, HR, maintenance, legal

  10. How to… • Take someone else to all meetings • Listen, listen, listen…Acknowledge • Assist not direct • Continuing education • Wyoming Workforce Development • Decision Making –making choices for others • Avoiding “group-think” • ALLWAYS look forward

  11. Empowerment Make work more meangingful and life more passionate

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