Comments on: If you Ask for Initiative, Grant it http://talkingstory.org/2009/12/if-you-ask-for-initiative-grant-it/ Starting new conversations in the workplace! Fri, 11 May 2012 01:39:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rosa Say http://talkingstory.org/2009/12/if-you-ask-for-initiative-grant-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 Rosa Say Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:40:50 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=3269#comment-3464 Exactly Fred! This posting was inspired by an employee speaking to me out of that frustration you mention, and "mixed signals" is a good way to describe it. Thank you so much for your comment. Exactly Fred! This posting was inspired by an employee speaking to me out of that frustration you mention, and “mixed signals” is a good way to describe it. Thank you so much for your comment.

]]> By: Fred H Schlegel http://talkingstory.org/2009/12/if-you-ask-for-initiative-grant-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3463 Fred H Schlegel Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:19:09 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=3269#comment-3463 Favorite manager quote when asked to define empowerment... "We empower you to ask us if its OK to move forward with an idea..." The frustration can get quite high when a manager doesn't understand the mixed signals that come from demanding initiative, but then getting aggravated when things are done in unusual ways. Making sure you're developing a learning environment where mistakes lead to learning can help free up folks to act on their own as well. .-= ´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/frogblog/yTub/~3/fwUjON1SeDw/" rel="nofollow">Planning for Serendipity ”“ Taking Flight</a> =-. Favorite manager quote when asked to define empowerment… “We empower you to ask us if its OK to move forward with an idea…”

The frustration can get quite high when a manager doesn’t understand the mixed signals that come from demanding initiative, but then getting aggravated when things are done in unusual ways. Making sure you’re developing a learning environment where mistakes lead to learning can help free up folks to act on their own as well.
.-= ´s last blog ..Planning for Serendipity ”“ Taking Flight =-.

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