The "E" word.
After being out of the corporate rat race for sixteen years, the concern with "empowerment" always gets a smile from me. We empower ourselves. In most formal organizations, that idea is seen as dangerous, subversive, insubordinate. The "empowerment" spoken of inside corporations is generally meaningless. At most it means, "I empower you to go out and make me richer, but don't get any ideas about making yourself wealthier."
Empowerment.
(Preamble: I wrote this entry one year ago today... but never posted it for some reason. I'm posting it now, as originally written, as a reminder to myself about where I was a year ago)
Are you empowered?
In your life? In your job? In your life outside your job?
I am one of those that feels that empowerment is a key to happiness. I feel completely empowered outside of my job, and fairly empowered within the confines of my job, but I know that we have some serious problems with empowerment in our organization. Many of the employees that I work with (100+ in the company) feel that they have no power at all to make any improvements in their work environment. At all.
This is a serious morale issue within my organization that really should be addressed, but I don't think it ever will (think small business entreprenuer done good, but only by luck and not by sound principles) get addressed fully. Many people above and below me in the hierarchy of decision makers...
One of my co-workers is fond of the saying "Happy employees make customers happy." I agree. [inluminent]
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