Empowered Membership

Empowermentgiving others authority to reach their

goals as they see fit. provides others the opportunities

to make their own decisions and choices

its goal is developing an environment of trust, where every team member is accountable for their own actions

EmpowermentIt also means that you share some of your

authority and responsibilities with team members. You’re developing the intellectual capital of your business and giving team members a greater feeling of involvement in the business.

It can mean some extra mentoring for you at the start of the process, but the ultimate result is that you have more time to work on your business instead of in it, and the ability to be a more productive manger.

EmpowermentIt naturally involves a bit of risk. There’s

always the possibility that the person given the new assignment might not get it right, certainly at first. Don’t let this daunt your enthusiasm for the principle. Learn from any mistakes and apply your own experience to work out how to prevent them from recurring.

Sometimes deals with ‘’Teamwork’’

Empowered Membership in school

Students in ElementaryWhen working with younger students, it is

important to keep their focus concentrated so as not to overwhelm them. A good size for a student team is simply a single classroom, where all of the students are familiar with each other. Building a team mentality between students means creating an environment where all students work and interact together, all keeping a collective end goal in mind.

“It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.” ― Babe Ruth

Students in HighschoolIn high school, building a team mentality among students becomes more difficult as students become highly engrossed in individual achievement, social groups, athletics, college admissions, employment, and other extracurricular activities. Despite the possibility of initial student resistance, working to build a team atmosphere in high school can help eliminate many of the feelings of isolation associated with high school.

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” ― Helen Keller

Students in HighschoolAt the higher age level, teams can be built on the micro or the macro level. An example of teams at the micro level, would be having an hour each week for "club" team, where every student must attend a student-run, faculty sponsored club of their choice. Each club should be required to write a mission statement, raise a certain amount of funds for one field trip, and complete a certain number of community service hours, as well as plan and implement meeting agendas that are in line with the club's mission statement.

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” ― Michael Jordan

Students in HighschoolOn the macro level, students can be teamed by grade level, or further divided by random homeroom pairings, or by academic focus. Large teams can focus on passing state benchmark exams, college and workforce admissions, funds for school dances and class trips and community service hours.

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” ― Phil Jackson

Ways to empower your team members

1. Share informationBy informing everyone of the true

issues, concerns and obstacles, nobody is left in the dark with a lack of knowledge. Everyone can then make decisions on an equal playing field.

Ways to create an empowered membership

2. Offer skills training or mentoring to anyone who needs to improve to make stronger and wiser decisions. The worst thing a leader can do is telling their team to make an important decision without providing them with the skills, knowledge and strategies to be successful.



3. Encourage others to assert themselves and share ideas so that all suggestions are offered and evaluated. If others feel that what they have to say will not be considered or valued, critical opinions will be overlooked. The result of missing analyses can lead to a team not voting on the best choice, or even a misguided choice.


4. Analyze those tasks you now perform that could be done by somebody else. Also take a look around your business for tasks that should be done but haven’t been for one reason or another.


5. Assign these tasks to appropriate team members after you ensure it’s within their capabilities and won’t make their workloads too heavy.


6. Whenever you assign a new task to someone explain clearly why you feel they can handle it and let them know it’s part of their overall development.


7. Take the team members, receiving new assignments, through the tasks in detail. Allow them to ask questions if they want to, and assure them that you’ll be available to assist them if they have any questions.


8. Invite them to consider the methods now being used to accomplish the task and make any recommendations they’d like about alternative ways to do it. You may be surprised at new efficiencies that can be discovered this way.


9. Give your team members the authority they need to perform the task.


10. Be very specific about time limits and deadlines. If a task needs to be performed by a particular date tell them and follow up in sufficient time to make sure it’s completed on schedule.


11. Prioritize the work. Tell them clearly how important the task is and how it relates in importance to their other duties. Otherwise you could find that the new task is done first, to the detriment of their other work.


12. Allow members to be flexible in their methodologies. Unless there are very specific reasons for doing a task in a particular way, encourage them to be creative in their approach to performing it.


13. Give the team members full access to information about the task. Put them fully ‘in the picture’ as to how the task fits into the overall strategy of the business.


14. Encourage your team members to share any insights or new ideas that might arise from their performance of new duties. It may not happen at first but as they get used to doing something new they may find that their perceptions of other areas of the business change as well.

A good leaderWhen a leader is successful in creating a culture of empowerment, each team member feels responsible to the team and part of the decision-making process.

“Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.” ― Patrick Lencioni

A good leaderEach empowered individual senses a belonging to the team’s mission and will continue to make valuable contributions. The concept of “We are all in this together” permeates and a trusting workplace evolves.

“The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.” ― Rensis Likert

Question and AnswerHow have you empowered your

teams?In what ways?

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