Tom,
I think you're right.
Rick,
I think you're right, too.
The issue is the "I" in empowerment.
If it really is empowerment, then I am giving (the) power away, and
divesting myself of any sort of control.
If I'm not, then I'm manipulating, not empowering.
The flip side, of course, is the behavior and performance of the
empowered.
And I would suggest that this is the critical area of performance that
we feel the most uncomfortable with.
What if the person (or people system) empowered does nothing with the
empowerment?
What if they do something different to my perceptions?
This is the issue we need to examine.
Kind regards,
Peter
--"Dr. Peter A. Hubbard" <pete05@thehub.com.au>
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