Are you brave enough?

- The inspirational leader risks … going all the way to empowerment. … So I want to explain about what empowerment really is. … It's a word a lot of people use … without fully understanding it. … So empowerment means no monitoring, … but you're still available for support. … So, if you don't do any monitoring, … and you don't do any supporting, that's abdicating. … But ideally, you don't monitor, but they can come to you. … And in fact, the one rule of empowerment is, … if they have a problem, they must come to you, … because you won't know because you're not monitoring. … So, empowerment is different to delegation … 'cause delegation involves monitoring. … Once you know about empowerment, … you realize that delegation is not risky at all, … because you're monitoring. … As long as you monitor the right frequency with delegation, … it's not going to go wrong. … Empowerment is genuinely risky, … because you're trusting them to get on with the job … without being monitored. … So empowerment is really about trust. …