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Empowerment 
Mustafa Al-Abdallah 
Group D presentation 
EMBA Batch 3 
Dec 06, 2013
Agenda 
Definition 
Important Concepts about Empowerment 
Lessons from Steve Jobs 
Real Case Study 
Think of Your Self
Definition of Empowerment
15-4 
Empowerment 
Empowerment 
sharing varying 
degrees of power 
with lower-level 
employees to tap 
their full potential
World Bank says: 
“Empowerment is the process of increasing 
the capacity of individuals or groups to make 
choices and to transform those choices into 
desired actions and outcomes.”
Important Concepts about 
Empowerment
We are the Leaders (or Bosses) of our Own Life 
Friends Family 
Work Bosses Children 
Home Bosses 
Significant 
Others 
Empowerment is every where:
Empower yourself first 
Break the glass ceiling 
Video 1
To become empowered 
Take responsibility 
Share responsibility 
Enhance personal & team creativity 
Be prepared 
Maintain balance b/w work & life 
Do a job with enjoyment 
Keep learning
Empowering Others 
To empower others, a Leader Needs: 
Position 
Relationship 
Respect 
Commitment
If you are trying to do it all, you are 
harming your organization. 
In attempting to do it all, leaders find themselves: 
1. Working overtime 
2. Spread too thin 
3. Attending unnecessary seminars/meetings 
4. Taking on others’ work 
5. Rescuing others 
6. Neglecting leadership duties 
7. Feeling overwhelmed and burning out 
8. Feeling frustrated and guilty for not getting things done 
9. Neglecting their personal lives 
10. Creating a bottleneck in the organization
IIt is a WIN-WIN game
Empowerment is a Process 
 Determining the skill level 
 Providing training as needed 
 Assign & Delegate important 
tasks. 
 Coaching tasks 
 Help build strong 
relationships. 
 Give visibility and 
recognition.
It is a two-way process
Video 2
Benefits : 
 Improved employer satisfaction. 
 By being shared, organizational power can grow. 
 Employees to perform better. 
 Increases trust in the organization. 
 Reduces Turnover rates.
Complications 
Giving up control can be threatening to 
some managers. 
Managers may not want to share power 
with someone they look down upon. 
Managers fear losing their own place and 
special privileges in the system.
Real Case Study: 
Story of YIC Student 
AbdulAziz Al Hawash 
Training In Samref
If you feel you are 
dis-empowered 
Think about yourself after 
seeing this 
Video 3
Empowerment Lessons from Steve Jobs and Real Case Study

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Empowerment Lessons from Steve Jobs and Real Case Study

  • 1. Empowerment Mustafa Al-Abdallah Group D presentation EMBA Batch 3 Dec 06, 2013
  • 2. Agenda Definition Important Concepts about Empowerment Lessons from Steve Jobs Real Case Study Think of Your Self
  • 4. 15-4 Empowerment Empowerment sharing varying degrees of power with lower-level employees to tap their full potential
  • 5. World Bank says: “Empowerment is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or groups to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes.”
  • 6.
  • 8. We are the Leaders (or Bosses) of our Own Life Friends Family Work Bosses Children Home Bosses Significant Others Empowerment is every where:
  • 9. Empower yourself first Break the glass ceiling Video 1
  • 10. To become empowered Take responsibility Share responsibility Enhance personal & team creativity Be prepared Maintain balance b/w work & life Do a job with enjoyment Keep learning
  • 11. Empowering Others To empower others, a Leader Needs: Position Relationship Respect Commitment
  • 12. If you are trying to do it all, you are harming your organization. In attempting to do it all, leaders find themselves: 1. Working overtime 2. Spread too thin 3. Attending unnecessary seminars/meetings 4. Taking on others’ work 5. Rescuing others 6. Neglecting leadership duties 7. Feeling overwhelmed and burning out 8. Feeling frustrated and guilty for not getting things done 9. Neglecting their personal lives 10. Creating a bottleneck in the organization
  • 13. IIt is a WIN-WIN game
  • 14. Empowerment is a Process  Determining the skill level  Providing training as needed  Assign & Delegate important tasks.  Coaching tasks  Help build strong relationships.  Give visibility and recognition.
  • 15. It is a two-way process
  • 17. Benefits :  Improved employer satisfaction.  By being shared, organizational power can grow.  Employees to perform better.  Increases trust in the organization.  Reduces Turnover rates.
  • 18. Complications Giving up control can be threatening to some managers. Managers may not want to share power with someone they look down upon. Managers fear losing their own place and special privileges in the system.
  • 19. Real Case Study: Story of YIC Student AbdulAziz Al Hawash Training In Samref
  • 20. If you feel you are dis-empowered Think about yourself after seeing this Video 3