From: The Maxwell Daily Reader, John C. Maxwell

Date: January 23 2016

Title: Overcoming Barriers to Empowerment

From: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Gist:

In today’s entry Maxwell asserts empowering people as a necessary function of effective leaders. Without the ability for subordinates to make their own decisions a leaders “create barriers within the organization” people can’t overcome. Maxwell also states there are three reasons why leaders resist empowerment, they are: desire for individual job security, fear of change, and lack of personal self-esteem.

Create scale within your team through empowerment of people.

Favorite Quote: 

“Only empowered people can reach their full potential”

Action for Day: 

Are you willing to give your power away to enlarge others?