We will discuss…  What does empowering mean?  Short-Term & Long-Term Business Plans/GOALS  Do you REALLY want to empower employees?  Empowering ALL employees?  Costs  Benefits  Empowering Techniques

…to give authority …to authorize …to enable …to permit …

 IS ◦ A Culture ◦ Flexible ◦ Promoting “Outside the Box” Inspiration  IS NOT ◦ A Defined Benefit ◦ Identical for ALL ◦ A formal structure

 Company Attitude ◦ Afraid to lose ◦ Sustainable excitement  Client/Customer Relationships ◦ Employee/employee relationships  Communication ◦ Listening  Parenting

Have Fun Make Money Do Good Work

 Flattening the Pyramid ◦ Loss of control – not just transfer of decision process  Employee Recognition ◦ Motivation ◦ If everyone does exactly like you do, how is the company going to get any better

 Cost Accountability  HR Policy  SMART Goal Setting  Employee Benefits  Continuing Education  Planning (short-term/long- term/strategic/tactical)

 Financial management is management by numbers and is attempting to manage by looking at history  Empowered management is immediate, “on- the-ground”, proactive  Each employee manage their work

 Communication (listening) ◦ Watch out for “group think”  Teams  Engage all Disciplines ◦ accounting, HR, maintenance, legal

 Take someone else to all meetings  Listen, listen, listen…Acknowledge  Assist not direct  Continuing education  Wyoming Workforce Development  Decision Making –making choices for others  Avoiding “group-think”  ALLWAYS look forward

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