The Winning Manager’s Playbook

Conditions for empowerment

We realize that so far this empowerment process looks fairly easy. Set the goals for everyone, establish their boundaries, and set ’em all loose.

As you might guess, it isn’t quite that simple. But it’s not too far off really.

Before a manager can put a team member in an empowered environment, the manager must be satisfied that the team member can meet some very specific conditions. They’re quite straightforward, but they are absolutely critical.

Mike’s Company

“Think about this for a moment,” says Mike. “We’ve employed a system that liberates managers from constant oversight, while allowing employees the responsibility and accountability to achieve goals as they see fit.

“Let’s look a bit more closely at what’s required ...