Speaker: Dr. Nay Zin Latt Chairman: Business Group Hotel Group
Speaker: Dr. Nay Zin Latt Chairman: Business Group Hotel Group
Speaker: Dr. Nay Zin Latt Chairman: Business Group Hotel Group
Venue : India
Date : 10.10.10
Empowerment and Delegation
What’s the best way
to “hand over the reins”?
Empowerment
• Empowerment enables other people to act: it
leaves them feeling strong, capable, and
committed
– “Get work done through other people”
– Broad participation and accountability
– Involvement in decision making
– Flexible response
Many Employees Today Feel
Powerless
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Relationship Between Dimensions and
Prescriptions for Empowerment
Provide Resources
Trust (security)
Connect to Outcomes
Create Confidence
Delegation
• multiple skills
• multiple judgments
• broad experience
• free communication flow
Teams require a paradigm shift...
• self-awareness of individual identity, role,
skills, is essential
• problem solving becomes a way of life
• ongoing development of skills is required
• good communication skills are critical
• empowerment is the energy of teams
• conflict is just part of the process
• developing process skills is required
Teams...
• require a merging of individual accountability and
mutual accountability
• naturally integrate performance and learning, and are
the best vehicle for fostering “learning organizations”
• must understand and master the team process in order
to be effective and survive
– by being aware of team’s stage, you can anticipate
problems and proactively solve them
Stages of Team Development
Adjourning:
•Task completion
Performing Leader:
•Bring closure
•Signify completion
Effective teams promote...
• Cooperation
– promotes achievement, excellence, and
productivity
– takes advantage of all skills in group
• Trust
– reciprocal faith that leads to respect,
communication, support, fairness, predictability
and competence
Effective teams promote...
• Cohesiveness
– a sense of “we-ness” which is socio-emotional and
instrumental
– raises team morale by increasing feeling of
belonging
– improves productivity by increasing commitment
to team goals
Effective Team Leaders
• Demonstrate integrity
• Are clear and consistent
• Create positive energy
• Use commonality and reciprocity
• Manage agreement and disagreement
• Encourage and coach
• Share information
Effective teams have...
• a small group size
• skilled individuals
• an ability to combine skills
• a commitment to a common approach
• motivating tasks
• minimal status differences; when present, they are
based on contributions
• a way to meet group member’s socio-emotional needs...
Effective teams have...
• goal accomplishment
• reduced supervision, replaced by mutual
accountability
• group regulation of behavior
• performance that is acceptable to customers
• viability linked to satisfaction and a desire to
contribute
Management Skills for High
Performing Teams
Leading Teams
- develop credibility High Performing Teams
- articulate a vision - desired outcomes
- shared purpose
- accountability
Team Membership - blurred distinctions
- play task facilitation roles - coordinated roles
- play relationship building roles - efficiency and participation
- provide feedback - high quality
- creative continuous
improvement
Team Development
- credibility and trust
- diagnose stage development
- core competence
- foster team development and
high performance