“The problem with empowerment is that it suggests that this is something leaders magically give or do for others. But people already have tremendous power. It is not a matter of giving it to them, but of freeing them to use the power and skills they already have.”
“What is often called empowerment is really just taking off the chains and letting people loose. Credible leaders in this sense are liberators.”
(James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, in Credibility)
