Leadership and

Empowerment
Bienvisa Ladion Nebres, PhD
3rd Leadership Camp
Asia-Pacific International University
October 16-18, 2015
• 1975 – one of the first articles: “Toward Black Political
Empowerment– Can the System Be Improved?
• Late 1970s the term was used liberally
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Empowerment: History
• Empowerment means sharing power in such a way that
individuals learn to believe in their ability to do the job.

• Sharing power with others makes everyone in the

organization more powerful.

Empowerment:
Definitions
• A management practice of sharing
information, rewards, and power with
employees so that they can take initiative
and make decisions to solve problems and
improve service and performance.
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---Business Dictionary
• Empowerment is based on the idea
that giving employees skills,
resources, authority, opportunity,
motivation, as well holding them
responsible and accountable for
outcomes of their actions, will
contribute to their competence and
satisfaction.
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• Successful organizations promote a culture that
empowers employees and excels in product and service
quality.

• Cultures that emphasize empowerment and quality are

preferred by employees.
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• Employee empowerment is a key to achieving quality
Dorothy M. Comm—a lady who empowered others and brought
out the best in them.
• God is the source of all power
• Power is a sacred thing. But in our sinful state, we can
easily misuse it.
• Leaders need to make a decision how they will want to
use power: share it or use it for themselves.

Conclusion