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Walking Your Talk | Culture Change & Leadership

28: Empowerment series - Is empowering others counterintuitive to you? That wouldn't be unusual

Nov 11, 2019
This podcast explores the challenges of empowering others in leadership roles, emphasizing the shift in leadership skills required. It discusses traits of successful leaders, the role of leaders in fostering empowerment, steps to effective empowerment, and the benefits of empowerment on individuals and leaders.
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Quick takeaways

  • Leaders need to redefine their roles to promote empowerment and build trust with their team members.
  • Empowerment benefits both employees and leaders by fostering trust, motivation, engagement, and shared responsibilities.

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Challenges in Empowering Others

Empowering others can be challenging due to ingrained leadership instincts that focus on personal success rather than facilitating empowerment. Skills like getting things done, solving problems independently, impressing and influencing others, and making decisions based on limited information contribute to individual success but may hinder the empowerment of others.

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