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Jun 05 2018

Don’t Be Misunderstood! 5 Steps to Giving Clear Instructions

Don’t Be  Misunderstood! 5 Steps to Giving Clear Instructions

You need people to do things and to do them in a certain way, but so often they just don’t get it. To paraphrase Nina Simone, the Animals, Elvis Costello and many others, you’re intentions may be good and you don’t want to be misunderstood. So how do you get people to do things? By telling […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, Theory of Constraints, Uncategorized · Tagged: empowerment, instructions, Transition Tree

May 29 2018

Empowerment: 5 Questions to Help People Do Their Jobs

Empowerment: 5 Questions to Help People Do Their Jobs

Empowerment is a great word but can be meaningless unless we give it an operational definition. Operationally, empowerment means that there is alignment between a person’s authority and the responsibility they are given. Continuing from our previous post on Empowerment, what can we do operationally when people don’t seem able to do their work on […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, empowerment, legitimate needs, misalignment, responsibility and authority

May 22 2018

Empowerment: Making it Real in Your Organization

Empowerment: Making it Real in Your Organization

The word “empowerment “ has been applied so broadly that it is now meaningless. It has become “a catch-all and therefore empty word” as pointed out in reference to women by Hadley Freeman in her  article (‘From shopping to naked selfies, how ‘empowerment’ lost its meaning’.) Sadly, with the overuse of certain words, many terms […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: empowerment, theory of constraints, Thinking Processes

Feb 16 2018

Empowerment – Making it Work Operationally

Empowerment – Making it Work Operationally

If you look up “empowerment” on Google there are over 100 million items. So what do we mean by empowerment and why is it such a tricky matter? What tools can we use to make sure empowerment is done more effectively at an operational level? In any organization, things need to get done and people […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, empowerment, leadership, thinking process, Transition Tree

May 04 2016

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: 5 Steps To Give Clear Instructions

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: 5 Steps To Give Clear Instructions

You need people to do things and to do them in a certain way, but so often they just don’t get it. To paraphrase Nina Simone, the Animals, Elvis Costello and many others, you’re intentions may be good and you don’t want to be misunderstood. So how do you get people to do things? By telling […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: empowerment, instructions, interdependencies, theory of constraints, Transition Tree, variation

Apr 27 2016

Empowerment: 5 Questions to Find Out Why People Can’t Do Their Work On Their Own

Empowerment: 5 Questions to Find Out Why People Can’t Do Their Work On Their Own

Empowerment is a great word but can be meaningless unless we give it an operational definition. Operationally, empowerment means that there is alignment between a person’s authority and the responsibility they are given. Continuing from our previous post on Empowerment, what can we do operationally when people don’t seem able to do their work on […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: project management, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict, conflict cloud, empowerment, interdependencies, Systems Thinking, theory of constraints

Apr 21 2016

Empowerment: How To Make It Happen in Your Organization

Empowerment: How To Make It Happen in Your Organization

The word “empowerment “ has been applied so broadly that it is now meaningless. It has become “a catch-all and therefore empty word” as pointed out in reference to women by Hadley Freeman in her excellent recent article (‘From shopping to naked selfies, how ‘empowerment’ lost its meaning’.) Sadly, with the overuse of certain words, […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: empowerment, Goldratt, theory of constraints, Thinking Process Tools

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