In a team leadership scenario, the best course of action to empower the team is to:

• A. Encourage team members to take initiative
• B. Take over tasks yourself to ensure results
• C. Micromanage each step to ensure quality
• D. Delay decisions until more information is available

Answer: (A)

Empowerment through delegation is the idea being tested. When you empower a team, you give them the authority to act within clear goals, provide the resources and support they need, and then step back so they can take ownership and show initiative. Encouraging team members to take initiative is best because it unlocks creativity, boosts engagement, and moves work forward faster since decisions are made closer to where the work happens. The other approaches undermine empowerment: taking over tasks erodes trust in the team’s judgment; micromanaging stifles creativity and slows progress; delaying decisions wastes time and signals a lack of confidence. With this approach, you still set expectations and offer coaching, but you let the team own the path to the outcome.