Leadership Instructions For each situation, indicate what you might say to empow

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For each situation, indicate what you might say to empower the other person, using such strategies as (a) raising the other person's self-esteem; (b) listening actively and supportively; (c) being open, positive, and emphatic; and (d) avoiding verbal aggressiveness or any unfair conflict strategies.

A team member is having many difficulties: He recently lost his job, received poor grades in a night class, and is gaining a lot of weight. At the same time, you're doing extremely well. You want to give your team member back his confidence. What would you say to him?

You're managing four college interns, three men and one woman, who are working on redesigning your company's website. The men are extremely supportive of one another and regularly contribute ideas. Although equally competent, the woman doesn't contribute; she seems to lack confidence. Because the objective of this redesign is to increase the number of female visitors, you really need the female intern's input and want to empower her. What would you say to her?

You're a third grade teacher. Most of the students are from the same ethnic-religious group; three, however, are from a different group. The problem is that these three children have not been included in the social groupings of the other students; they're treated as outsiders. As a result, these children stumble when they have to read in front of the class and make many mistakes at the chalkboard (although they consistently do well in private). You want to empower these students—what would you say to them?

Explanation / Answer

A.
In the given scenario, I would like to interact with the team member while being open, positive and emphatic. I would remind him of the good work done by him in the recent past, interact with him to know the actual behind the scene problem, and try to make a time frame with a road to recovery. Besides, I would also like to share few job opportunities and tips to succeed. It will bring back the confidence and smile back to the team member. I would like to do it on a regular basis so that the person keeps making efforts and recover from the recent difficulties.

B.
In the given scenario, I would like to encourage her to come up with her own ideas. In this regard, I would like to raise her self-esteem by assigning some independent responsibilities related to her. While doing so, I would regularly ask her regarding her opinion and ideas so that she brings more involvement in the project work. Besides, I will also counsel her to understand her issues actively and provide solutions to resolve it.

C.
In this scenario, I would listen actively and supportively to what they say and I would like to praise their cultural and ethnic values so that they feel confident. Afterwards, I would like to build interaction of these three students with other through informal gathering such as game playing and tea based extra-curricular activities. It will bring engagement and other students will also understand these students. It will develop friendship and bring back the confidence level in the students belonging to different ethnic group.  

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