Leading Work Teams

After diagnosing my level of competence in empowering and delegating by taking the “Diagnostic Surveys for Empowering and Delegating” self-assessment in the text, I received a total score of 101 points. As indicated in the text, a score between 95 and 108 points suggests a need for improvement. Managers need to empower their subordinates and delegate responsibility so that they are energized and encouraged to do their tasks efficiently. Evidence indicates that employees if empowered, may become more productive, more satisfied and more innovative. By improving my empowering and delegating skills, I will be able to build a strong and productive work team and in turn, make my department more effective and dynamic.

As a system administrator, I am constantly assigning tasks to individual users or requesting information from Department Managers regarding new enhancements to the system. I am looked upon as a source of information for new enhancement re...