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Summary: This book is a toolkit for those at different stages of the spectrum of leadership. It describes at each level what empowerment looks like, feels like and sounds like. It offers a structure and framework of 'how to' enable a workforce. Specific examples are drawn from public and private sectors, service and manufacturing, for both large FTSE 250 companies and small and medium sized enterprises. This is a 'hands on' book. It will assist anyone who wants to learn about empowerment, what differentiates it from delegation and how it can be implemented in any kind of organisation to achieve the benefits outlined.Key Features: 1.Provides an everyday analogy to define empowerment 2.Offers a step by step guide to implement an empowerment strategy for use up to CEO levels 3.Identifies the language and actions of empowering leaders, from the first line supervisor to the board4.Provides a 'must have' guide for all those consultants and change agents on how to start the mind shift for employees from calculative compliance to empowered cooperation5.Explores case studies to show different ways empowerment can be used from the small team basis to the grand organisational designThe Author: Mike Applegarth has been a training professional for 25 years, with over 20 of those as a consultant. He has worked at all levels in various public and private sectors of business and with charities too. He is the Author of How To Take a Training Audit. Readership: Board members, leaders, CEOs, Managing Directors and managers of small and medium sized enterprises wanting to move the culture of their organisation towards a 'can do, will do' attitude.Contents: What is empowerment?The role of leadership in empowermentExploring the need and the benefitsEnabling individuals and teamsImplementing in the organisationMonitoring the cultural change and dealing with feedbackCase studies from public and private sectorsBibliography, web sites, videos, DVDs and books
Synopsis
A toolkit for those at different stages of the spectrum of leadership, Leading Empowerment describes at each level what empowerment looks like, feels like, and sounds like. The book offers a structure and framework of how to enable a workforce. Specific examples are drawn from public and private sectors, service and manufacturing, for both large FTSE 250 companies and small and medium sized enterprises.
About the Author
Mike Applegarth has been a training professional for 25 years, with over 20 of those as a consultant. He has worked at all levels in various public and private sectors of business and charities.
Table of Contents
What is empowerment? - A definition - The background - Terminology - Perceptions The role of leadership in empowerment - Leading in context - Plain sailing? - Empowerment leadership - Some models of leadership - Realising the vision Exploring the need and the benefits - The need - The empowerment window - The benefits - The sound of empowerment - Motivation theory Enabling individuals and teams - Letting go - Training and development - Gaining commitment - Core content Implementing empowerment in the organisation - Providing the framework - Assessing ability - Episodic leadership - Ambient leadership - Organisational leadership - The change model Monitoring the cultural change and dealing with feedback - Taking a sound reading - Acting on feedback - Compliance - Culture vs nationality - Cultural distance Case studies from the public and private sectors - Public sector - Private sector Appendices - 1 Leading the empowerment process - 2 Job profile: Head of Site Services - 3 An empowerment audit - 4 Feedback comments Bibliography