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Empowerment

5. I ask employees for suggestions on
eliminating or changing policies they find
restrictive.

Total Number of Points

INTERPRETING YOUR SCORES

0-5: Your management approach is disrespectful, disempower-
ing, and disengaging. You are actively limiting the potential
of your employees and causing them significant frustration.
Employees see you as holding them back and are likely to
leave you and the organization unless you quickly and dra-
matically overhaul your management style.
6-10: While you do little to empower employees, you do not
actively disempower them. With the overall goal of maxi-
mizing the human capital of your organization, you have
a significant opportunity to provide learning and growth
opportunities. You need to create an environment that will
challenge and push your people to improve, not hamstring
them.
11-15: Congratulations, your management style is one that maxi-
mizes the human capital of your organization by empow-
ering employees to grow, develop, and deliver their best.
Your people feel trusted and empowered to make decisions,
experiment, and learn from their mistakes. Such employees
will feel unencumbered by policies and procedures that limit
their autonomy and create needless red tape. Your approach
leads to employees feeling respected, empowered, and
engaged.