LIE - Motivating Individuals through Empowerment

Delegation means: the task is part of the job description. Divided and separated amongst team members

• True

• False

Allocation occurs when the responsibility and authority for performing a particular contractual duty is transferred to another party.

• True

• False

Abdication means -

A task is given to a colleague without guidance or care

• True

• False

Micromanagement occurs when a manager becomes too involved in team members' work, closely supervising them, avoiding delegating tasks and fixing mistakes themselves.

• True

• False

Reorder the following - Delegation Cycle

• Monitoring

• Analysis

• Appointment

• Appraisal

• Briefing

Match the following - Delegation

• Monitoring

• •Be timely

  •Be specific

  •Own the Feedback

  •Advise don’t criticize

• Analysis

• •Discuss the expected outcome. •Discuss who else will need to be involved

• Appointment

• encouraging the colleague.

  Balanced with the responsibility and authority.

• Briefing

• •What exactly is involved?

  •What level of expertise is needed?

  •What is the desired outcome?

• Appraisal

• Who is most suitable for the task? What is their level of competence and commitment?

“Empowerment is the process of enabling or authorizing an individual to think, behave, take action, and control work and decision-making in autonomous ways. ”

• True

• False

The Benefits of Empowering Colleagues

• §Increase in self esteem

• §Increase in personal development

• §Increase in team morale

• §Increase in mutual trust

• §Increase in productivity

Why do managers avoid empowering people?

• §Afraid someone may do a better job than them

• §Multi skilled team

• §Colleague retention

• §Wanting tasks to be completed in their way

• §Not wanting to lose control

Match the following - Levels of empowerment as per Situational leadership

Developmental levels

• D4

• High

   Commitment

  Low

  Competence

• D1

• Low

  Commitment

  Low

  Competence

• D3

• Low

   Commitment

  High

   Competence

• D2

• High

  Commitment

  High

  Competence