Encourage Employees to Take Smart Risks Inventiv's Blog
Take smart risks with your employees to unlock their full potential. If they successfully reach a difficult goal, they'll feel more masterful and you will have a more valuable employee.
Autonomy Posts
Ask for Their Thoughts Inventiv's Blog
When faced with a difficult problem, give your people an opportunity to assist. Ask for their thoughts or recommendations.
Ask for a Better Tool Inventiv's Blog
Ask someone on your team to find a tool to solve an acknowledged problem. Ask for a better tool when people express frustration with their existing tools.
Provide Context, Not Control Inventiv's Blog
Provide the information (the context) to a team or team member in order to allow them to make their own decision about how to respond to a situation rather than simply telling them what to do (asserting managerial control).
Let Them Think a Minute Inventiv's Blog
Give people time to think before giving you a response to a big decision. Requests for assistance, or other changes in their expectations often require time to process. Let them think for a moment before forming their response.
Give Socratic Guidance Inventiv's Blog
People like being able to solve their own problems. When they come to you with unsolved problems, it is an opportunity to help them become better at solving their problems themselves. Offer Socratic guidance instead of answers.