There are many benefits for organisations when employees feel empowered. But as John Dentico explains to Michael Millward too many organisations try to implement empowerment initiatives without putting in place the building blocks that create genuine empowerment.John and Michael explore the alternative approach to empowering employees proposed by Handy. They discuss how the alignment of organizational and employee values is the key that opens the door to employee motivation and the link between the values of the organisation and the employee is the activity of leaders.