Step B.Provide autonomy

• What it means:

— Enabling people to take control of their work and their life

• How it works:

— Offer flexible work option

— Provide opportunities for learning and development

— Involve people in decisions that affect them

— Challenge associates with meaningful work

The Idea

In an empowered organization, the leader may decide what needs to be accomplished and the associates decide how to get it done.

Providing people with clear boundaries is accomplished by what we talked about in the earlier sections. It means that employees have clear understanding of the values, vision, mission, goals, objectives and strategies that frame the work to be done. They are then given the autonomy to operate within those boundaries. With ...

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