THE LAW OF
EMPOWERMENT
Following
closely behind the law of inner circle is the Law of Empowerment. This law states that “only secure leaders give
power to others.” This means that secure leader spend their time “identifying
leaders; building them up; giving them resources, authority, and
responsibility; and then turning them loose to achieve….” Insecure leaders, on
the other hand, spend their time suspicious of those around them, and do everything
they can to undermine people`s potential and growth.
Former
U.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt said, “the best executiveis the one who has
sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraints
enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” Maxwell says this is
because, “to keep others down, you have to go down with them. And when you do
that, you lose any power to lift others up.”
Maxwell
says, “The truth is that empowerment is powerful-not only for the person being
developed but also for the mentor. Enlarging others makes you larger.” Therefore,
to take advantage of this law in our lives, we must come to understand that as
we develop the leaders around us we not only inadvertently raise our own value
as a leader, but our organizations are benefitted in the process as well.
Hakuna maoni:
Chapisha Maoni