Benefits to your Organisation
When it comes down to it, nobody does anything because it helps the organisation; they do it because there’s something in it for them. At least empowerment is one of those initiatives that reaps benefits for the individual first whilst enhancing the organisation, because:
- The workforce will discover ways to enhance efficiency and quality through the natural course of their work.
- Everyone is clear about the direction they’re heading in so there is less duplication of effort, if at all.
- Staff are enabled before being empowered so fewer mistakes are likely.
- Wastage of resources is easily identified and eliminated.
- Employees share more in the ‘mission’ and are therefore prepared to give that little bit extra to achieve it
- Money that would otherwise have been spent on incentive schemes can be invested in training/enabling with longer-term gains for the organisation.
- More creativity and innovation.
- Less sickness and absenteeism.
- More self motivation rather than just working to pay the bills.
Symptoms to look for to see if your organisation would benefit by maximsing empowerment
- Staff are unproductive much of the time
- Everyone appears to be busy, but not a lot seems to be achieved
- Staff don’t criticise the way things are done
- Ideas or inputs from subordinates are not forthcoming
- Staff are constantly being reprimanded for either acting without authority or not showing initiative
- Staff turnover is increasing
- Customers are dissatisfied with particular aspects of service
- Employees know what their jobs are, but they don’t know what is expected of them
- The finger of blame always has to point at someone
- The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing
- Management spends too much time doing other workers’ tasks instead of managing
- An acute absence of creativity and initiative
If you answer ‘yes’ to any of the above, then empowerment might hold the solution therefore please click here contact us