Taking action to empower employee

 

 


Figure 1: Empowering Employees to Increase Productivity; (zimyo, 2018)


Taking action  to empower employee

Introduction

Empowerment is the process of providing people with the authority, responsibility, resources, autonomy, and freedom to make decisions and solve work-related issues. They are granted the power and resources necessary to take such initiatives and judgments.

Consequently, empowerment contributes to the development of employee autonomy, enables the distribution of responsibility and authority at all organizational levels, boosts employee self-esteem, and invigorates the workforce for improved performance. At the level of the individual, the personal elements that facilitate empowerment are: demanding tasks, excitement, competence, maturity, self-esteem, etc. Training and development can improve the majority of these aspects (Jaya Kumar and Ananda Kumar, 2017).

 

Importance of Employee Empowerment at Workplace

It is crucial to empower employees since doing so may have a substantial effect on the bottom line. By encouraging people to acquire new skill sets, organizations may easily surpass their rivals. Empowering workers will result in increased levels of employee engagement, less staff turnover, and an enhanced brand reputation (zimyo, 2022).

How to Empower Workplace Employees

Empowering employees is essential for the development of a sustainable firm. True growth is the result of numerous individuals collaborating. In contrast to a rigorous leader-follower mentality, "multiplying" oneself increases your organization's power and potential (Bosworth, 2022).

  • Create precise expectations
  • Give staff independence in completing tasks.
  • Provide essential means
  • Feedback constructively
  • Accept proposals and input
  • Share the organization's vision with others.
  • Appreciate employees' efforts.

 

The leading advantages of empowering employees at work 

Each of these benefits has the ability to favorably affect the organization's overall business performance and goals. More satisfying client connections, Productivity increases, Greater job excellence, Highly inspired personnel and reduce staff attrition (Ruane, 2022). The process of giving your staff more agency is straightforward, but it does need some work on your part. The advantages are vast and well-documented, and they include happier and more productive workers, a greater level of engagement, improved customer service, decreased stress, more innovation, more pride and loyalty, less stagnancy, and an organization that is more flexible to change. In addition to this, it just contributes to everyone's overall satisfaction in their working environment (Outram , 2016).

 

Conclusion

If we consider empowerment to be nothing more than an intangible idea or an endpoint that we should strive towards, we are missing the point. Higher levels of job satisfaction are reported by workers who have the perception that they have some influence on the atmosphere of their workplace. This, in turn, may lead to reduced rates of turnover, fewer expenditures connected with extra labor, as well as an overall improvement in the employee experience. Additionally, this may contribute to an overall improvement in the employee experience.

 

References

Bosworth, P. (2022, September 28). 8 Tips to Empower Employees in the Workplace | Leadership Choice. Retrieved November 14, 2022, from leadershipchoice: https://leadershipchoice.com/empower-employees-in-the-workplace.

Jaya Kumar , P., & Ananda Kumar, P. (2017). Employee Empowerment – An Empirical Study. Global Journal of Management and Business Research: A, 17(4), 1. Retrieved November 13, 2022, from https://globaljournals.org/GJMBR_Volume17/5-Employee-Empowerment.pdf.

Outram , D. (2016, March). Banfield Agency. Retrieved 2022, from banfield: https://banfield.agency/our_blog/benefits-and-best-practices-of-empowering-your-team.

Ruane, J. (2022, August 22). Employee Empowerment: What It Is and Why It Matters To Your Workforce. Retrieved November 14, 2022, from beekeeper: https://www.beekeeper.io/blog/10-tips-on-how-to-empower-and-engage-your-employees.

Steps of Employee Empowerment Process at Workplace | Zimyo. (2022, November 11). Retrieved from zimyo: https://www.zimyo.com/insights/steps-of-employee-empowerment-process-at-workplace.

 


Comments

  1. THILAMBALMU3 December 2022 at 05:58

    Expressing gratitude for someone's efforts is one of the best ways to empower them. Supporting initiative by providing praise for taking responsibility and owning one's actions. It also promotes a positive workplace atmosphere by making individuals feel valued and appreciated.

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    1. shayanika835 December 2022 at 02:34

      Totally agreed. It is applicable for any industry to make individual valued and appreciated .

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