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How  to  empower  participants  
 
What  is  empowerment  
Empowerment  is  the  process  of  obtaining  skills  in  horse  riding  and  or  care  for,  for  people  who  
wouldn’t  normally  be  able  to  do  it  for  themselves
...
 Empowerment  also  includes  encouraging,  and  developing  the  skills
...
 Empowerment  helps  so  that  the  individual  
can  take  initiative  and  make  decisions  to  solve  problems  and  improve  their  own  performance
...
 
 
Empowerment  means  to  gain  knowledge  and  understanding
...
 
Benefits  of  empowerment  
WRITE  EACH  HEADING  ON  WHITE  BOARD  
 
*self  reliant  –  control  of  own  outcomes  
*Responsibility-­‐  responsible  for  own  actions  and  think  for  themselves
...
   
This  sounds  obvious  but  how  come  most  of  us  don’t  do  it
...
 We  seem  to  rely  on  some  sort  
of  gut  instinct  or  thought  pattern  within  us,  that  we  think  this  is  the  way  it  should  be  done
...
 We  become  confused,  feel  angry,  feel  hurt,  
indignant,  feel  rejected,  feel  not  good  enough,  etc,  etc
...
 In  order  to  do  this,  you  need  knowledge  of  
some  sort
...
 But  to  do  this,  one  has  to  own  and  know  your  
own  power  and  be  able  to  access  it  and  use  it  appropriately
...
 It  is  believing  in  yourself  it  is  confidence  in  the  
extreme  but  not  big  headedness
...
 
 
So  what  if  you  lack  confidence  and  thus  cannot  become  empowered  
If  you  can’t  do  it  for  yourself  then  get  someone  who  is  specialised  to  help  you  to  get  the  answers  and  
understanding  for  you
...
 When  the  next  similar  event  comes  up  then  you  
will  be  empowered  to  overcome  that  similar  kind  of  situation,  and  will  not  react  negatively
...
 
Becoming  empowered  means  doing  this  exercise  over  and  over  again  every  time  you  have  a  reaction  
to  anything,  you  will  build  up  huge  knowledge  about  yourself
...
 As  you  do  this  more  and  more  you  will  overcome  your  
fears  that  were  holding  you  back,  making  you  feel  dis-­‐empowered
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Thus  we  can  see  the  barriers  to  empowerment  are  lack  of  confidence,  lack  of  knowledge  and  fear
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 You  would  have  no  idea  what  to  do  so  that  you  can  go  on
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In  this  situation  you  would  be  empowered  (feel  empowered)  for  you  would  know  what  to  do  to  get  
yourself  going  again
...
 
Staff  
If  you  empower  your  staff  then  they  would  have  decision  making  power  of  their  own
...
 They  
would  have  a  range  of  options  so  that  you  can  make  choices
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 They  would  have  the  belief  in  self  to  the  extent  that  they  felt  
that  they  can  make  a  positive  change
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   They  would  be  
involved  in  the  growth  process  and  changes  of  the  business
...
 Through  the  proper  
use  of  choice  I  can  change  my  life
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 Empowering  ones  staff  is  not  a  means  
that  the  coach  can  now  distance  themselves  and  not  have  any  responsibility  for  their  staff  they  are  
just  as  responsible  especially  if  something  goes  wrong
...
 
Nor  is  it  merely  a  case  of  delegating  duties
...
 However,  empowerment  is  
intended  to  serve  as  a  motivational  strategy,  while  delegation  is  a  system  of  assigning  work  tasks  to  
employees  for  positive  production
...
 
Responsibility  implies  a  relationship
...
   
Authority  connotes  a  function  or  title
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Empowerment  must  balance  responsibility  and  authority
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 Being  empowered  presupposes  some  level  of  common  sense  and  emotional  
maturity
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In  order  to  have  the  knowledge  to  complete  this  task  I  empowered  myself  by  doing  research  I  didn’t  
just  sit  back  and  say  I  can’t  do  it
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 Or  put  differently  
by  Peter  Jordaan  from  the  Self  Empowerment  and  Development  Centre    “Within  all  of  us  lies  the  
potential  to  achieve  whatever  we  choose
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 all  it  takes  to  resolve,  is  personal  
responsibility  and  courage  !!  

  
 



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