Ken Blanchard, John Carlos, and Alan Randolph wrote Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute

(1998) to give working tools to people who want to be empowering leaders. The book is organized in story form, relying on an extended case study to provide hands-on advice, tools, and exercises for increasing employees’ sense of empowerment.

They emphasize the importance of personal contact, encouragement, and feedback between leaders and employees.