Employee Empowerment and Discipleship Making Principles

Gary E. Roberts

Chapter Chapter 4 in Servant Leader Human Resource Management, 2014, pp 71-91 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Empowerment is a vitally important element in the successful implementation of SLHRM and requires the possession of virtuous character, maturity, and spiritual intelligence. Empowerment begins with followers who embrace the role of conscientious servants. Hence, it is important for SLHRM organizations to cultivate the principles of servant followership as both the foundation of servant leadership and empowerment. Employees need to demonstrate the maturity, ability, and character to be faithful performers in small and great aspects of their work. Servant followership is a great safeguard to leadership self-deception, as servant followers provide honest feedback, which is frequently a “shock” to leadership self-image and beliefs, forcing leaders to re-evaluate the foundation of their actions. That is why servant followership in tandem with employee empowerment are such powerful tools for overcoming resistance to change at all levels as it forces leadership to interact with the key stakeholders exposing them to alternative views, thereby altering how leaders assess the situation and the roles and intentions of others. Peter Drucker’s advice in his 2006 book Managing the Nonprofit Organization is to ask staff and volunteers what areas require help, assistance or improvement and how to solve the problems.

Keywords: Golden Rule; Active Listening; Servant Leader; Compassion Fatigue; Truth Telling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137428370_4

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