#158: Online Course: "Empowering the Group"

Introduction

In today's "People Skills" newsletter, we're returning to our popular series of online courses.

The course today is "Empowering the Group" which is a key skill for leaders, whether leaders of large organisations or leaders of small teams.

Empowering the group means giving people full responsibility for what they do at work as individuals or groups.

It requires a new mindset on the part of leaders who have been used to running things by themselves. Without empowerment, your team will always be limited in what they can do and deliver.

As with all our online courses, there is a mix of slides, video, quizzes, e-books, articles, blogs, handouts, and infographics on this course. This allows you to use the online course for your own self-paced learning or as the basis for a workshop for others.

To browse, view, or download any of the course resources, you only have to click on the image links in the newsletter.

01. Course Details

The "Course Details" slide provides you with an overview of the course. It gives you the course aim, 5 measurable learning targets, and an overview of the course.

02. Self-Assessment Worksheet

The "Self-Assessment" worksheet allows you to rate yourself across 10 statements about how well you know the topic of this course. The worksheet can also be used at the end of the course to see if your score is now higher because of what you've learnt.

03. Discussion Worksheet

The "Discussion Worksheet" is a slide with 5 questions about the topic of this course. The aim of the worksheet is to help you clarify your views and share them with others.

04. The Professional Development Programme Slides

The "Professional Development Programme" (PDP) is a set of slides that give you the main learning points of the topic along with related questions for you or your trainees to answer.

05. Course Topics

The "Course Topics" gives you a more in-depth presentation of what you need to know to master the topic of this course.

06. Video: "Employee Empowerment" from Think Shift

Employee empowerment is not a new concept. It's a concept that a lot of organisations talk about and preach. It's a concept that is important to their culture. Unfortunately, employee empowerment is very easily left sitting on the poster on the wall because it is very difficult to act out...

07. Course Exercises

The "Course Exercises" enable you to reinforce what you've learnt so far and practice some of the topic skills. They are invaluable if you are running a workshop on this topic.

08. Course Worksheets

The "Course Worksheets" are a set of question-and-answer forms that you can work through on your own or with others to clarify your own views and understanding of the topic.

09. Key Points

The "Key Points" are a set of one-liners that will help you remember some of the important takeaways in this topic.

10. Flash Cards

The "Flash Cards" test you on the 5 targets in this course that were set in the "Course Details" slide.

11. The Course Quiz

You can test yourself on what you've learnt on this course by creating your own quiz on The Soft Skills Quiz.

12. Course Quotes

The "Course Quotes" are a set of quotes on the topic of this course. They often contain illuminating views that can help you on your learning journey.

13. Follow-Up Activities

The "Follow-Up Activities" slide is a set of suggestions to help you practise what you've learnt from this course either in further workshop settings or in real life.

14. Selected E-Book: "Changing Organizational Culture" by Mats Alvesson and Stefan Sveningsson

Cultural change work in progress.

15. Blog: "Make Your Team More Powerful"

According to Jeffrey Pfeffer of the Stanford Business School, power is the only way things get done in organisations. While this is undoubtedly true, today's empowered organisations have changed our whole notion about what power is...

16. Course Handout: "Empowered People"

When you empower people, a remarkable change comes over your workplace. Gone are the worst aspects of disenfranchised organisations, such as blame and fear, and me-first thinking. In their place, comes trust, confidence, and shared and mutually-beneficial partnerships...

17. Course Infographic: "An Empowered Workplace"

Where everyone manages...

What Next?

If you have worked through each step of this course, you, (and your trainees if you ran a course), will now have a great set of resources on the topic of "Empowering the Group".

Now's the time to build on what you've learnt.

With over 22,000 learning resources on our 6 websites, with 2 sites offering free downloads, you can now take charge of your own learning and apply what you have learnt in your work and day-to-day life.

With regular daily practise, reflection, and review, you will be amazed at how quickly the skills will become second nature to you which in their turn will increase your personal confidence.

Well done and good luck!