Building a participative leadership culture

You're a manager leading a medium-sized team of about 20 people.

Last week, your director held a meeting with all the managers in the organization. She just attended a big participative leadership conference, and she's convinced that the organization who needs to be more participative leadership environment. She's given all the managers a week to research some participative leadership practices and report back to her.

Outline three participative leadership ideas that you would suggest to your director.