empowerment LO21112

Swan, Steve R. SETA CONTR (SwanSR@ftknox-dtdd-emh5.army.mil)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 08:43:00 -0500

Replying to LO21084 --

I think we make this more complicated than it needs to be. The operational
definition, to mean something to the practitioner (that is the leader in
the average organization, must be placed in terms that are visible and not
entirely theoretical.

>Bill, and others, the idea I expressed is from Peter Senge; he often
>talked about this it in speeches a year or so ago.
>
>He goes on, saying roughly, "So, empowerment cannot come from another
>human being. If someone else empowers you, they could take it away, so
>you aren't truely empowered. True empowerment can only come from an idea.
>
>"In the American tradition, were we empowered by the King of England? No.
>Remember the phrase, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident...' That's
>true empowerment! It can only come from an idea, not as something given
>by another person."

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