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"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on.

"I do," Alice hastily replied; "at leastat least I mean what I saythat's

the same thing, you know."

"Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter."Why, you might just as

well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'!"

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures inWonderland

hink about how you give meaning to a word. Take "manag-

er," for example. A manager, by definition, is a leader, is an

instructor, is a developer, is a coach, is a planner. So a manager

is defined by what she or he is.

But a manager is also defined by what he or she does.A

manager imparts knowledge or skill, shares the meaning of

information, trains an employee to practice an occupation or

profession, promotes learning by modeling certain behaviors,

coaches employees toward understanding a system or structure.

So too we define the word "empowering" by what it is and by

what it does. Empowering is mutual influence; it is the creative

distribution of power; it is shared responsibility; it is vital and ener-

getic, and it is inclusive, democratic, and long-lasting. Empowering

The Empowering

Manager Is