Engaging in conversations: A new tool for team “identity empowerment”

Abstract

This article stresses the importance of reconstructing team identity through the use of conversation and dialogue in order to empower teams to become high performance teams. “Identity empowerment” is defined as the ability to set goals and values and to form connections with the social structure. Degrees of identity empowerment are useful for describing the team’s current status. In descriptions of three teams, each team’s identity empowement is described, the stories and words used by that team giving clues as to the degree of identityempowerment. Key learnings are cited as suggestions for increasing dialogue and developing a stronger identity.

Citation

Ray‐Chaudhuri, J. (1998), "Engaging in conversations: A new tool for team “identity empowerment”", Empowerment in Organizations, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/14634449810208114