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Empowerment and Resilience
Introduction to Empowerment 
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What is Empowerment ?
It refers to a process of acquiring power, i.e. increasing the possibilities of individuals and groups to have control over their own lives. The meaning of empowerment is thus linked to the positive meaning of the term “power”: it is not a “power over” someone or something but a “power to” actively intervene in one´s life in order to change it and achieve one´s goals.
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What is employee empowerment?
Employee empowerment is how businesses provide their staff with what they require for success. When someone feels empowered, they are aware of their capacity for achievement and have the self-assurance they need to succeed.
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Types of employee empowerment
Empowerment encourages employees to perform well, work hard, and apply their capabilities. Empowered managers distribute some of their authority to a select group of workers they believe can make decisions, set goals, and achieve success.
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Types of employee empowerment
A company has a variety of ways to empower its workers, including:
- Decision-making empowerment:
This is when a company gives its employees the power and tools they need to make decisions.
- Financial empowerment:
This is when a company gives its employees control over its budget to help them make choices.
- Time management empowerment:
This is where allowing employees to decide how to use their time to get the job done.
- Shared information empowerment:
This is where managers share important business information that breaks down barriers, makes things clear, and makes workers feel like they belong.
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A company’s leaders, HR experts, and coworkers are crucial in creating a supportive, empowering atmosphere. Mutual trust, comfort with taking chances, and establishing clear expectations and guidelines are requirements for all parties.
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Building Self-Empowerment
- Recognize personal strengths and areas for growth.
- Develop self-awareness and self-confidence.
Employee empowerment produces an atmosphere of trust, collaboration, and constant improvement. By giving workers the freedom to act, companies can get the most out of their employees, which leads to more productivity, innovation, and employee satisfaction
Companies must develop ways to inspire, excite, and encourage employees by empowering employees. It promotes the emotional well-being of employees by making them feel as if they are contributing meaningfully to the company’s success.
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Employee empowerment is a cultural value. It requires greater confidence, transparent communication, and strategic delegation. To empower employees, consider the tips below:
- Delegate to develop
- Clarify expectations
- Allow employees to select their tasks
- Provide the required resources
- Give constructive criticism
- Accept suggestions and advice
- Share the organization’s mission and goals
- Develop an employee recognition program
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What Is Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem is how we value and see ourselves. But it’s more than our opinion of what we look like; it’s how much we respect ourselves and how worthy we feel in comparison to others. Self-esteem is often a self-assessment and, therefore, a self-generated feeling.
Self-esteem can have an effect on many parts of our lives, including how we’re able to make decisions, assert ourselves, try new things, move past mistakes and more. Learning how to develop a healthy self-esteem is an essential part of our overall mental health.
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Resilience Building
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What is Resilience?
The American Psychological Association defines resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress - such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors.
Simply put, it is a valuable inner strength that helps us to cope with, bounce back and recover quickly from difficult circumstances.
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There are six key components that are essential to building and strengthening your personal resilience:
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- Resilience is about mental toughness.
- Self Awareness of one's emotions and the ability to manage those emotions is essential to resilience.
- Strong resilience requires self-compassion.
- A resilient mindset requires you to challenge yourself.
- Exercise strengthens your resilience.
- A strong community is important for your resilience.
Building personal resilience is a lifelong process that can be challenging at times.
However, once you make a commitment to strengthen your personal resilience, you will benefit greatly from the effort.
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Gender Self-Empowerment and Inclusivity
Gender Equality in the Workplace -The business case...
Improved Financial and Market Performance from Women in Leadership
- Companies with more women in executive management have been shown to financially outperform companies that have no women in senior roles
- Companies with female CEOs have strong financial performance.
Greater Capitalization of Talent
- Drawing leaders from the total talent pool will give the organisation more strength and flexibility.
- Highly qualified and educated women are being underutilized
Enhanced leadership, Team Performance and Motivation
- Heterogeneous teams are more creative, better at generating new ideas and avoiding ‘groupthink’, but only if the organisational culture values diverse views.
- Women bring different leadership skills and behaviors to the table
Risk Management / Corporate Governance
- Companies with women in key board committee roles (such as risk and audit) perform better.
- There is a link between more women on boards and good corporate governance credentials.
Economic Growth
- Unlocking the hidden value of the female labor pool is good for the economy.
- Reducing gender gap in workforces can increase GDP.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture
- More gender diversity on boards may lead to greater corporate transparency and improved ethical orientation.
- More gender diversity protects women against sexism and sexual harassment
Empowering Women in the Workplace
If you want to see more innovation and creativity from your employees, you need to make sure you've cultivated an inclusive and diverse workforce.
- Nurture growth and development through mentorship
Mentorship uplifts and empowers women, helps them better recognize their own innate power and potential, guides them to tap into their unique strengths to reach their career goals and develops them into confident leaders who are ready to inspire others, creating a cycle that brings us closer to a more equitable future.
- Foster growth through connections
Workshops and other team-building events and gatherings are a great way to bring women together and help cultivate a culture of trust, inclusivity and empathy so that women can uncover their common ground, connect and develop deep and meaningful relationships with people they otherwise might not have had the opportunity to meet.
- Cultivate a culture of support and inclusivity
A more inclusive environment helps ensure all employees that they are valued, respected and genuinely supported. Encourage open communication and collaboration among team members to foster a warm and uplifting environment.
- Become a champion for equality and social change
Investing in your team and creating a more supportive and inclusive environment for women gives them room to grow and achieve goals both in and out of the work environment.
Fostering an Inclusive Workplace
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How to Build a More Inclusive Workplace Culture?
- Learn to speak inclusively.
- Focus on everyday micro-experiences.
- Teach leaders how to model inclusion.
- Build a culture of inclusion through recognition.
- Create feelings of belonging so employees want to stay.
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What are the steps to creating an inclusive workplace culture?
- Assess your current state
The first step is to understand where you are and where you want to go
- Educate and train your staff
The next step is to provide your staff with the knowledge and skills they need to embrace inclusion.
- Engage and empower your teams
Involve your teams in the implementation and evaluation of your inclusion initiatives. You can create cross-functional committees, task forces, or working groups to lead and monitor your projects.
- Communicate and celebrate your progress
Communicate and celebrate your progress and impact. You can use newsletters, intranet, social media, or other channels to share your stories, data, and best practices. The goal is to build trust and transparency, and to reinforce your commitment and values.
- Review and refine your strategy
Creating an inclusive workplace culture is not a one-time event, but a journey that requires constant attention and action.
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