Empowerment - the amazing power of ownership
We believe that every single individual appreciates to make a difference. When people see that their contributions are valued, their dignity and self-respect will soar. Instead of feeling like cogs in a machine or numbers in a spreadsheet, they feel that their work is important. To know that their work counts makes them feel that they count.
Employees will automatically assume ownership for work that gives them a sense of meaning and significance.
Some leaders however treat their people as numbers. How would you feel to be treated as a number rather than as a person with a normal sense of human dignity? Would it make you excel at what you do? Would you still want to make a difference?
Empowerment is something amazing. In all cases where we have been involved in developing empowerment in organizations staff turnover decreased dramatically within two years as soon as employees found out they could make a real difference for the company.
In some cases however, before it decreased, staff turnover increased at first, simply due to the fact that poor performance gets exposed easily in an agile and more transparant organization.
Imagine the huge cost involved in continuously high staff tunover, compared to retaining and developing your experienced, empowered and motivated employees...
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