empowerment

n. (psychobabble) 1. the idea that leaders should place less emphasis on getting the job done and more emphasis on involving those under them in the process. For example, a teacher should be less concerned with turning out educated students and more concerned with letting students take charge of their own education and feel good about themselves. Likewise, a manager should be less concerned with providing good products in a timely fashion to customers and more concerned with building a strong team. See facilitation 2. letting the employees participate in the decision-making process, because you don’t have a clue. 3. getting employee input, then doing what you planned to do all along.

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