Words of Wisdom on Empowerment
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presentations, we are fortunate to run across many words of wisdom.
If you need a refreshing thought, idea, slogan, or profound nugget for an
upcoming meeting, presentation, or lunch room bulletin board, take a look at the
following words of wisdom on empowerment.
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Random Thoughts on Empowerment
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those
who empower others.
~ Bill Gates, American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third
richest man (as of 2008), and chairman of Microsoft
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what
he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while
they do it.
~ President Theodore Roosevelt
The critical point in the career of many a leader is the point when he/she must
either learn to empower, or cease to grow in scope and capacity.
~ Anonymous
An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill,
desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective
organizational success.
~ Stephen Covey, author, professional speaker, consultant, and management-expert
I believe a leader's success can be defined as the maximum utilization of the
abilities of those under him/her.
~ John Maxwell, author, consultant, and professional speaker
Virtually every company will be going out and empowering their workers with a
certain set of tools, and the big difference in how much value is received from
that will be how much the company steps back and really thinks through their
business processes ... thinking through how their business can change, how their
project management, their customer feedback, and their planning cycles can be
quite different than they ever were before.
~ Bill Gates
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise
you with their ingenuity.
~ General George Smith Patton, Jr.
The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the
process.
~ Barbara Colorose, author
Today many American corporations spend a great deal of money and time trying to
increase the originality of their employees, hoping thereby to get a competitive
edge in the marketplace. But such programs make no difference unless management
also learns to recognize the valuable ideas among the many novel ones, and then
finds ways of implementing them.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-born psychology professor and department
head
In our ever-expanding role as leaders, we should approach our jobs with a
willingness to nurture our employees to maturity in respect to the work we
empower to them.
~ Anonymous
The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information
about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past.
~ Bill Gates
Empowerment means giving power - not just to DO things but to participate in
major decisions - to be listened to with respect. Empowerment is also the
natural shift of power - to knowledge, away from position. Empowerment normally
means letting others make decisions that you would normally make. You can also
empower leadership in the sense of encouraging employees to think for themselves
and to challenge upwards.
~ Anonymous
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to
reach the magic in the players.
~ Blaine Lee, life coach, author, and professional speaker
If there is any one axiom that I have tried to live up to in trying to become
successful in business, it is the fact that I have tried to surround myself with
associates that know more about business than I do. This policy has always been
very successful and is still working for me.
~ Monte L. Bean, author
