Team Empowerment
Giving team members the authority and autonomy to make decisions about their own work.
Team empowerment means deliberately granting members authority to make decisions within their area rather than routing every choice through the project manager. In PMI’s Examination Content Outline it sits in the People domain and underpins high-performing, self-organizing teams in agile and hybrid work. The empowering PM removes impediments, secures resources, and sets clear boundaries, then trusts the team within them. Do not confuse it with delegation: delegation transfers a task, while empowerment transfers ongoing decision authority and accountability. Constant check-ins or approving every change describe micromanagement, not empowerment.
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