CRM - Empowering Leaders

Resources must be provided for people to carry out their responsibilities. Unfortunately, it is common for those with defined responsibility to be "short - handed" in terms of materials, finances and equipment.

However, in addition to these obvious needs, the requirement of resourcing people goes much further. Other significant resourcing needs include:

• The training needed to develop genuine proficiency
• Targeted assistance in regards to problem solving
• Mentoring devoted to skill and leadership development
• Adequate access to new ideas
• Information about the bigger picture of the organization so that leaders have the ability to make effective decisions (i.e. financial status, major projects, goals, new personnel, etc.)

Without adequate resourcing:  
 

• There is a nagging sense of disempowerment that grows in people when they don't have the tools - resources to truly succeed. All of us want to make a real impact, but can't do it for long without resources.  
• People feel set up for failure  
• The feeling of "being over my head" may stimulate energy to learn and grow for a while, but over time it erodes confidence in our ability to do a job well.