It offers an illusion of security or influence. The ones who have power, then, are the ones to give it away. Those who do not have it must be given it in order that they might enter the dialogue or come to the table. Empowering them becomes a great act of love because of the realization that the person being empowered may make serious mistakes with that power and the mistakes may even be costly to the individual who is empowering. The practice of empowerment as stewardship places information, resources, and power in the hands of those who are closest to the ones who are being helped or served.
Service becomes more important than control.
There is pride in leadership but humility in stewardship. The Practice of Empowerment Leadership today is vulnerable. In fact, it is wobbly. Later it was determined that certain traits were important. Since then, studies have led to a very complex view of leadership that is contingent on interactions between the leader, the follower, and the situation.