New Millennium Leadership Skills: Leadership by Empowerment

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New Millennium Leadership Skills Leadership by
Empowerment

• Presented by
• Gloria Carter-Hicks

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Leaders - Management

• Empowers employees
• Gives employees the tools, training and resources
  to be effective
• Assigns authority levels commensurate with
  experience levels
• Encourages employees to take calculated risks

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Leaders - Management

• Knows when to manage, lead and/or coach
• Trust employees to do the right things and do
  things right
• Believes that those who do the job know the most
  about it

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Leaders - Management

• Provides balanced feedback and gives it as a
  gift
• Welcomes feedback and opinions from employees
• Views employees as the organizations most
  valuable asset

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Employees as Leaders

• Thinks/acts first and asks for forgiveness later
• Takes calculated risks
• Assumes responsibility takes ownership for
  their jobs
• Thinks outside the box

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Employees Self Empowerment

• Makes things happen instead of waiting for them
  to happen or wondering what happened
• Provides exemplary service to customers
• Looks for ways to reduce cost and increase
  revenue

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Employees Self Empowerment

• Becomes a life-long learner
• Uses their knowledge to improve the job and the
  workplace
• Thinks like a business owner