... is paved with good intentions, and most leaders have good intentions...

We all know of a well-meaning leader who competely destroys empowerment despite their best efforts. You can tell how much they want to empower, but then they end up micromanaging, not actually providing autonomy, or not communicating. Other leaders feel like they can't trust their people to get the work done... reminding me of a quote from the movie Ever After: "did you not first create the thief and then punish them.

Both current and aspiring leaders need to understand what empowerment really means as well as the signs that indicate epowerment isn't really happening. Join this session to learn signs to toll for and what you can do about it.

Over the last 17 years, I've been striving to guide teams and organizations in mindsets and behaviors. I've had the opportunity to work with both front-line workers as well as senior executives across small startups and multi-national organizations. My specific passion is creating human-centered organizations, leveraging my experience in both Lean and Agile. ​As part of the transformation initiatives that I lead, I regularly provide training, coaching and workshop facilitation on topics like: vision/mission definition, organizational design, teamwork, product design workshops, Lean/Agile training, team and leadership coaching. This talk will leverage my experience to help attendees identify and address well-meaning failures in themselves and others.