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Leading Change 4: Empower people

Determine how people will be empowered to implement change

Encourage new behaviors and provide coaching/learning opportunities

Remove obstacles such as procedures and approval levels

Create a process/results focused organization

On-the-Job

Develop a vision of the organization after the change and identify the new behaviors required Take responsibility for streamlining all processes under your control to gain experience in identifying issues and obstacles Practice empowerment: act without checking and encourage others to do so

Education and Training

  • Changing to a Team-Based Organization (Cornell University, 607-255-1504, 3 days, $895)
  • Leading Change: Creating Transformational Competencies (University of Michigan, 313-763-1000, 5 days, $5520)
  • Managing Individual and Organizational Change (University of Virginia, 804-924-3000, 4 days, $3700)
  • Organizational Excellence through Empowered Employees (Positive Employee Practices Institute, 612-333-0471)
  • Group Methods for Organizational Transformation (NTL Institute, 703-548-1500, 5 days, $1045)
  • The Self-Directed Work Teams: Improving Organizational Effectiveness through Greater Employee Involvement (American Management Association, 518-891-1500, 3 days, $1295)
  • Making Empowerment Work (Designed Learning, 908-754-5102, 3 days, $1200)
  • Making Empowerment Work (Sandford International, UK 0114-286-4155, 1 day)
  • James A. Belasco, Teaching the Elephant to Dance (Video) (Excellence in Training Corp., 11358 Aurora Avenue, Des Moines IA 50322-7979)
  • A Peacock in the Land of Penguins (CRM Films, 800-421-0833, Video, $495)
  • Empowering Employees (JWAVideo, 312-829-5100, Video, $100)

Reading

  • Navigating the Journey to Empowerment (American Management Association, 518-891-1500)
  • Ken Blanchard, et al., Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute (Berrett-Koehler, 1996)
  • Ken Blanchard, John Carlos and Alan Rudolph, The Three Keys to Empowerment: Release the Power Within People for Astonishing Results (Berrett-Koehler, 1999)
  • Peter Block, The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work (Jossey-Bass, 1987)
  • Paul R. Britten and John W. Stallings, Leadership in Empowering People (University Press, 1986)
  • William C. Byham and Jeff Cox, Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment (Ballantine Books, 1988)
  • John Case, Open Book Management (HarperBusiness, 1995)
  • Bill Ginnodo (ed.), The Power of Empowerment (Pride Publications, 1997)
  • Sumantra Ghoshal and Christoper Bartlett, The Individualized Corporation (Heinemann, 1997)
  • Carl L. Harshman and Steven L. Phillips, Teaming Up: Achieving Organizational Transformation (Pfeiffer & Co., 1993)
  • Dennis Jaffe and Cynthia Scott, Empowerment: A Practical Guide for Success (Crisp Publications, 800-442-7477)
  • Ron Johnson and David Redmond, the Art of Empowerment: the Profit and Pain of Employee Involvement (FT Pitman, 1998)
  • Thomas J. McCoy, Creating an "Open Book" Organization (AMACOM, 1996)
  • Patricia McLagan and Christo Nel, The Age of Participation (Berrett-Koehler, 1995)
  • Charles C. Many and Henry P. Sims, Jr., Business Without Bosses: How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High Performance Companies (Wiley, 1993)
  • M. Scott Myers, Every Employee a Manager (Pfeiffer & Co., 1991)
  • Robert Rehm, People in Charge: Creating Self Managing Workplaces (Hawthorn Press, 1999)
  • Ken Shelton, Empowering Business Resources: Executive Excellence and Productivity (Scott Foresman & Co., 1990)
  • Stephen J. Wall and Shannon Rye Wall, The New Strategists: Creating Leaders at All Levels (The Free Press, 1995)

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