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The 3
Keys to Empowerment : Release the Power Within People for Astonishing Results --
Ken Blanchard, et al; Hardcover
Hardcover - 286
pages (April 1999)
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"Empowerment" is one of those business-management buzzwords that generate
either excitement or disinterest. Blanchard, Carlos, and Randolph fall into the former
category, but they do seem to sympathize with those whose eyes glaze over. Following up
their 1996 management book, Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute, The 3 Keys to
Empowerment, explains the concrete steps managers can take to empower their employees
fully. It starts with information, which managers should share in massive quantities with
employees at the start of the empowerment process. The second step is setting up
parameters that everyone understands: what employees can and should do, and what actions
and decisions will continue to be made by senior management. The third is to develop teams
for eventually replacing the old hierarchical structure.
All of this takes time, and the authors point out that team members go up steep
learning curves, starting out highly motivated but lacking competence, and quickly lose
motivation when they realize how difficult the transition is going to be. Competence and
motivation eventually rise, but managers still need to manage differently at each stage of
the employees' development. None of this is particularly intuitive, and none of it happens
fast. But the rewards, the authors say, include more tuned-in employees, less turnover,
and, ultimately, a wealth of brainpower at the company's disposal. --Lou Schuler
The 3 Keys to Empowerment
: Release the Power Within People for Astonishing Results
Ken Blanchard, et al; Hardcover
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