Comments on: Empowerment Versus Delegation

By: My ten development principles | Making Good Software

My ten development principles | Making Good Software — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:37:01 +0000

[...] There is an excellent article from Tony Morgan explaining the difference between a classic delegation approach and empowerment. [...]

By: Dave Baldwin

Dave Baldwin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:46:43 +0000

Hey Tony,
Great stuff. We have been talking about this since your visit. I think intuitively I’m an empowerer, not a delegater. And because of that it’s hard for me to help people make the change. I just do it intuitively. So to get this list is awesome. Another discussion for our staff meeting.
Blessings,
Dave

By: Adam Workman

Adam Workman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:01:55 +0000

Absolutely great stuff Tony…thanks for sharing it.

By: Alexia

Alexia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:41:10 +0000

Great post, it’s just what i was looking for. Differences between delegation and empowerment…thanks!

By: A Few Thoughts on Service and Volunteering | Words from the Well

A Few Thoughts on Service and Volunteering | Words from the Well — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:49:45 +0000

[...] Sometimes church members are asked to serve but are not empowered to do what they are asked to do. Churches are quick to give people responsibilities. The problem is that they don’t often empower them to do ministry. Let me explain. Often staff will delegate responsibilities to volunteers. When they delegate those responsibilities it means that the staff is still ultimately responsible for the outcomes, good or bad. When a volunteer is empowered they are given the authority to do what needs to be done within the parameters set by the vision for the church. For a more detailed of the difference between delegation and empowerment look at Tony Morgan’s post here. [...]

By: Managing Work « Perspectives on Career Management

Managing Work « Perspectives on Career Management — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:22:47 +0000

[...] in the mind of these individuals who are supposed to work on manager’s behalf. Read this and this for a good discussion on the topic. Here are the definitions I like to use for these two words, and [...]

By: Links of the Week « My World

Links of the Week « My World — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:34:40 +0000

[...] Tony Morgan on Empowerment vs. Delegation [...]

By: Tim Lemons

Tim Lemons — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:08:50 +0000

Especially love the tasks vs results. As far as me following someone, I would love for them to communicate that to me instead of here’s what you HAVE to do, do it this way!

By: Bob Rufenacht

Bob Rufenacht — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:52:17 +0000

What are you delegating? When empowering others you are actually delegating authority (not tasks). When things don’t go the way you like, the leader must be careful to train and educate rather than “undelegating” authority. Undelegating – that is publicly overriding the given authority even once – sends a clear message to all that empowerment never really happened, we just liked the idea as long as it works. Empowerment takes committment to backing your people’s decisions and training and educating at the same time.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:20:19 +0000

I loved it. I actually just finished writing a blog post entitled “leaders.” about the difference between a leader and a boss. There IS a difference between the words empowerment and delegation… Great post.