Employee Empowerment Reasons and Benefits VadiK Inventor Author Founder The Loving Creator created us in his likeness. We are all loving creators by birth. To unlock their true potential, people need get empowered − from within in life, and from outside in hierarchies. ~ Vadim Kotelnikov   In losing organizations, people are the most underutilized resource. In the new knowledge economy, independent intrapreneurship and initiative is needed throughout the ranks of your organization.       One AI assistant can replace hundreds of ordinary thinkers. No AI assistant can replace an extraordinary thinker.       Involvement in an organization is no longer a one-way street. In today's corporate environment a manager must work towards engaging organization forcefully enough to achieve its objectives. Super-successful managers are super-passionate about their work, their partners, and their customers.       New Management Roles New knowledge-based enterprises are characterized by flat hierarchical structures and multi-skilled workforce.       Managers assume more leadership and coaching tasks, balance between management and empowerment, and work hard to provide employees with resources and working conditions they need to accomplish the goals they've agreed to. In brief, managers work for their staff, and not the reverse.     Empowerment is the oil that lubricates the exercise of learning. Talented and empowered human capital is becoming the prime ingredient of organizational IQ and organizational success. Empowerment vs. Delegation Empowerment for Innovation Empower Innovation Teams     According to the Human Capital Index by Watson Wyatt, every kind of ‘HR initiative’ given to employees, such as resource management, integrated leadership practices, compensation and ‘focus on the employee’, can increase the bottom line of an organization up to 18%. However, maintaining a ‘paternalistic environment’ can offset that by up to 7.5%.   The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. Jack Welch GE If you give people tools, and they use their natural ability and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected. Bill Gates Microsoft It's my responsibility to support the team behind Telegram. Pavel Durov   A critical feature of successful teams, especially in knowledge-driven enterprises, is that they are invested with a significant degree of empowerment, or decision-making authority. Harness Your People for Competitive Advantage Leading by Serving   Equally important, employee empowerment changes the managers' mind-set and leaves them with more time to engage in broad-based thinking, visioning, nurturing, and working on the business. This intelligent and productive division of duties between entrepreneurial leaders, focusing on emerging opportunities, and empowered employees, running the business unit day to day (with oversight on the leader's part) provides for a well-managed enterprise with strong growth potential. Empower and Energize Employees Benefits Yin-Yang of Employee Empowerment Empowering Leadership How To Lead Creative People Slides   Leadership Excellence A-Z/ 360   Notes