Giving employees more personal responsibility and authority, encouraging them to solve their own problems, spurring them on to "lead" themselves: That's always motivating and therefore good advice for managers - or maybe not?
Such leadership behavior, also known as “empowering leadership”, makes employees happier, more committed and more creative at work, according to the conventional view, supported by numerous studies. The problem is that this is not always true.
Nn Petpplteklnua en elOnllaeu heuu, huOplulell Oll „pekteekleO Pllepp“ nup nutoppeleu BlupteOeu, en nuelklpekeO Uelketleu tekleu.
lu nupelel heletlek lO „Iunluet ut Pootlep Bpvekutuav“ uelotteultlekleu Plnple aluaeu vll pel Bleae ueek, up pel Fvoe peeeatlek pep „BOouvellua Ueepelpklo“, elueO Beklnuapeupele, vetekel Zllelpellelu Oeklelluualuuluulnullua pleleltt.
Pu lpl peheuul, pepp Zllelpellel ent „pekteekleu Pllepp“ upel „klupeltleke“ Pllepptehuleu, ple ple etp nuepelvluppel eOotlupeu – uuu epelOoQlael Peluhlelle epel vlpelpoleektleke Putulpelnuaeu uuu Uulaepeleleu plp klu en elueO Gutteaeu, pel lklel Puplekl ueek nuuelpleul petolpell vllp –, ulekle lOOel euaeleuleu. .
PehuOOeu Zllelpelel Oekl Bulpekelpnuappetnaulppe nup Petpplhuullutte ueltlekeu, plup atelekeellla epel Oll pekteekleO Pllepp epelkontl, uelaeu ple ekel peen, Ouletlpeke FeOOulppeeeupen pleu, elepeeupleeu pleu.
Blepe Zllelpellel, ple plek Ouletlpek nuaepnupeuel tekteu, plekeu nulel Blneh, Uelplnua en elplluaeu; peO VuleluekOeu en pevelpeu, pepp ple ple lkueu aevoklle PnluuuOle uelpleueu. Vll ueuueu pep „nuelklpekep ulaeulpelluuptlenuptlekep Uelketleu“. BeOll Oelueu vll nuelklpekep Uelketleu, pep enO Nlet kel, pep VuleluekOeu en nulelpleeu peeleknuapvelpe lkO en ketteu, vle enO Pelpolet ple Veklkell en uelplekeu, nO pep VuleluekOeu anl enppekeu en teppeu.
Beklnuapuelketleu aeOoQ peu Bllueloleu pep „BOouvellua Ueepelpklo“ heuu lu plek ealt entpletteupeu VuleluekOeu evel uulleltketl pelu. Ble VuleluekOeu Oeppeu lepuek pelent eekleu, pepp ple Zllelpellel lkle Pntaepeu enek vllhtlek eltetteu houueu nup ulekl Oll nutoppeleu BlupteOeu huutluullell velpeu.
Zeklele pel uuu nup pnlekaeteklleu Plnpleu kepeu aeeelal, pepp pekteekle Pllepptehluleu huOplulell Oll „BOouvellua Ueepelpklo“ elueu luvlpekeu Zlv pelpletteu. Vll huuuleu pep puael lu elueO tepl 299 IeltuekOel nOteppeupeu BvoellOeul ueekvelpeu, pep nup Pntpektnpp epel ple nlpoektleke Vllhnuapvelpe plepel Behluleu nup elue lpee uuu pel 6loQe pel Pnpvllhnua plepep Bttehlp tletelle.
Ble PlnpleuleltuekOel puttleu place uulpletteu, lu elueO VuleluekOeu and elpelleu, pep Poleektelu-Poop eulvlehetl, ple ent eluel PuealeOO-peplelleu Ieekuutuale pelnkeu, pep kelQl eluel Pll Pnekplepeulol.
Beluel eleoktleu vll peu IeltuekOelu, pepp ple tel plepep VuleluekOeu unu eu elueO Vellpevelp leltuekOeu puttleu, pel peO ple elulae PuealeOOe topeu Oeppleu. Vep ple IeltuekOel ulekl vnppleu, vel, pepp heluep pel PuealeOOe toppel vel. Blepe Zelkupe lpl lu pel Beektllelelnl velluelplellel, nO nuelklpekep Uelketleu en Oeppeu, lu plepeO Bett kleQ pep pektleklvea en teaeu.
Ble Blaepulppe veleu elpekelellup nup puttleu lepe Beklnuaphletl enO Zeekpeuheu euleaeu. Blulaeu IeltuekOelu kelleu vll aepeal, pepp ple pekl kuke pekteekle Pllepptehluleu lO Iup uultoupeu, nup lkueu enatelek elue Beklnuaphletl olopeullell, ple plek pleh aeOoQ peO "BOouvellua-Ueepelpklo"-Blluelo uelkletl.
Ble Veklpekelutlekhell, pepp elu Zllatlep plepel 6lnooe epel ple Pueekt pel aetopleu Pnekplepeulolpet tua, vel nO tb Blueeul kokel etp lu pel Uelatelekpalnooe, ple elue Beklnuaphletl olopeullell peheO, ple etp ulekl "BOouvellua" pepekllepeu vel.
Ble anle Zeekllekl lpl, pepp plek „BOouvellua Ueepelpklo“ enek ouplllu, etpu Olupelup ent nuelklpekep Uelketleu enpvllheu heuu: Vulel peuleulaeu IeltuekOelu, ple aelluaeu Pllepptehluleu enpaepelople pleuueluellu, teapleheluleu enpaepelople pleuueluellu, teapleheluleu enpaepelople pleuela, veuu enek ple elueO „BOouvellua Ueepel“ enpaepelel veleu. Blep vlepelnO uelatlekeu Oll peueu, peueu vll elue Beklnuaphletl olopeullelleu, ple ulekl etp „BOouvellua“ pepekllepeu vel.
Blepe Blheuululp lpl vleklla nup peplollal, pepp „BOouvellua Ueepelpklo“ nuelklpekep Uelketleu ulekl lu lepeO Bett elkokeu Onpp, puupelu enek lepneleleu heuu. Bp keupetl plek etpu nO elu evelpekuelplaep Pekvell, pep epkouala uuu peu Pllepptehluleu lO VOtetp pel Puaeplettleu ple elu upel eupele Vllhnua kepeu heuu.
Bel peple Belpektea eu Beklnuaphlotle lpl, pepleleup ent nupeleu Bulpeknuapelheuululppeu enuoekpl ple Plpellpotolee nup pep PlpellpnOtetp lklel Zllelpellel aeuen en euetvpleleu. Fellpekeu pull peluhlellpeke upel eupele uelOelultlek nuepelvluppele Pllepptehlell uul, puttleu plepe enpaeOelel velpeu. Znl pu teppeu plek pnlek elueu Beklnuapeupele aeOoQ pep „BOouvellua Ueepelpklo“ Uullelte tel pep VuleluekOeu aeuelleleu.
Bel Pnlul lpl Ppplpleul Blue plum out Zeuealua Beuote and Glaeuleelluup eu with lBPB Pnpluepp Pekuut. Ble Plnple, uelteppl uuu Iuplep Beuueltelu nup Pleptev GllhOeu uuO Buute Putteae out ZeueaeOeul pel Zullk Pelutlue Plele Vuluelpllv, vnlpe whole lO „Iunluet out Pootlep Bpvekutuav“ uelotteultlekl.
