Are you a manager trying to shift your team or your company towards more empowered behavior in the workplace; trying to get people to take more independent action to get things happening. Is the normal practice of your team members to come to you with all their questions? Team building in Johannesburg is a perfect training module for demonstrating to your team how to think for themselves.
Your employees know their responsibilities within the organisation, but people have to empower themselves. The role of a manager is to encourage and support the decision-making environment and to give employees the instruments and knowledge they need to make and work upon their own decisions. By investing in team building in Johannesburg , you help your employees to reach an empowered state.
The success of building an empowered workplace is dependent on the team leader. To make sure of this success an on-going dialogue of what is working and what is not working is absolutely critical to the development and maintenance of an empowered and safe workplace.
What can you, AS A TEAM LEADER, do to help build this environment?
- Recognised those who demonstrate the capacity to handle the responsibility
- Encourage your team to grow their skills
- Try not to undermine people’s confidence but listen thoughtfully to their ideas and decisions
- Trust people to do their jobs properly
Successful managers should be willing to exercise their leadership in such a way that their teams are empowered to make decisions, share information, and try new things. Most employees see the worth in gaining empowerment and will eagerly take on the responsibilities that come with it. There is a wealth of ideas and knowledge in your workforce that has previously been untapped. With empowerment comes a confident workforce and very impressed customers or clients.
