HOW TO EMPOWER YOUR EMPLOYEES TODAY
Empowerment is a management theory which discuss to provide employees the authority to take some independent, self directed decisions on their job activities .Expectations of this philosophy is to develop more productive,contributing,self motivated and happy employee base withing the organization (Kasanoff, 2016). But this varies based on the job role and the organizational culture.
As the first step of employee empowerment journey ,leaders should demonstrate that they value the employees in terms of words, actions including body language and facial expression without considering who those employees perform on their current job.Then the leadership can share the organizational vision,mission and strategic plans to their followers ,so the employees feel that they are part of something big (Heathfield, 2019).
Each manager can get the involvement of the team that reports to him when setting department level goals and plannings,which will be empowered those employees to shape their own functions without under close supervision.The next most important element is the trust among the leader and the followers.Leader should believe that employees make the right decision and do the right thing.This can be improved by providing the managers clear expectations, so the employee can focus on their task and accomplish results without worrying about a second guessing.
Leaders always should assume that the problem is the system,not the person.By asking what is the wrong with the system instead of asking whats wrong with the person can strengthen the employee empowerment across the organization (Lee et.al., 2018). Employees need the frequent feedback in terms of meeting expectations and the improvement points.This can be done by providing a communicating space by listing to them and asking them questions.
Most importantly employee empowerment doesn't work properly for employees with routine ,job tasks and this can be ended up with more harm than good.Therefore the leadership should study and understand the organizational culture,employee base,job roles and external environment ,before implementing empowerment concept withing the organization.
References
- Kasanoff, B. (2016) 10 Powerful Ways To Empower Your Employees, Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucekasanoff/2016/03/24/10-powerful-ways-to-empower-your-employees/#6cc4f0977427
- HEATHFIELD, S.M. (2019) How to Empower Your Employees, Available at: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/empowerment-in-action-how-to-empower-your-employees-1918102
- Lee, A, et.al. (2018) When Empowering Employees Works, and When It Doesn’t, Available at: https://hbr.org/2018/03/when-empowering-employees-works-and-when-it-doesnt
Empowering employees can bring effectiveness to the Organization. Employees can solve small customer inquiries but there shoulb be a good monitoring system.Employees should be empowered according to their capasities and they should be provided with sufficient datas.
ReplyDeleteYes Kasun.By identifying individuals capacity we can empower them accordingly under supervision for certain period of time
DeleteEmpowering employees can bring effectiveness to the Organization. Employees can solve small customer inquiries but there shoulb be a good monitoring system.Employees should be empowered according to their capasities and they should be provided with sufficient datas.
ReplyDeleteThe key to a happy & productive employees is making sure that they feel important in their roles.Therefore empowerment inspire employees to take more responsibilities and create a positive work environment..Good article Isuru
ReplyDeleteYes nethra.This inspiration increase the moral of the employee and hence efficiency and productivity can be improved
DeleteEmpowering employees will help to sustain in the present changing competitive environment, and as you mention leaders should look whats wrong with the system instate of employees and it allow to strength the employee. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYes Jinendran. Leaders should think to develop the loop holes of the system ,rather than balm on employee.
DeleteEmpowering people must do in a cautious way since it can have disadvantages too. By empowering employees their trust and loyalty will increase where they will perform at their best by taking ownership. Nice article.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jehan. yes.Its more important to identify the nature of the business and the employee base ,before empowering .If the employees are not a knowledge base group ,its so dangerous to empower them.
DeleteAs described above, empowering employees to depend on the leadership style, and since you are explaining the disadvantages may also be caused by empowering employees if you can suggest some empowering criteria which will benefit the organization may give an excellent explanation to the audience.
ReplyDeleteGood work and thanks for sharing!
Thanks for that important suggestion. Before implementing empowering technique, its important to identify the business type and the employee base. If the employee base is not that much knowledgeable or lack of experience will lead to lot of issues by empowering
DeleteAs u stated employee empowerment doesn't work properly for employees with routine ,job tasks and this can be ended up with more harm than good.Good work isuru thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteGood blog Isuru. The basic needs of employees must be met before employees can give you their discretionary energy—that extra effort that people voluntarily invest in their work. For successful employee empowerment to come into play, recognition must play a significant and ongoing role. Thanks for sharing
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