From the course: How Leaders Can Motivate Others by Creating Meaning
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How to grant intelligent autonomy
From the course: How Leaders Can Motivate Others by Creating Meaning
How to grant intelligent autonomy
- Raise your hand out there if you love to be micromanaged. I doubt there are any takers. And yet we know that 40% of employees say their boss micromanages them to some extent. Now think of the opposite for a moment. When you have autonomy and freedom to achieve an objective as you see fit, it's intensely meaningful and motivating. You can foster these feelings in your employees by granting what I call intelligent autonomy. You see, granting autonomy, it actually has a dark side. You can unwittingly get it wrong. For example, ever have a boss tell you go ahead, you've got this. Then what happens? At the first sign of trouble, they come swooping back in on the side to fix things, not good. This is just one way we can get the act of granting autonomy wrong. The truth is, it takes work to give away work, to grant intelligent autonomy. The primary way you do so is by having an agreement for autonomy in place. Whether a…
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