Thank you to those that joined us for the  How to Listen to Empower Self and Others session we hosted with Jetha Devapura from Let’sTALK, we hope you gained valuable information from the session.

A Special Thank You​​

We’d like to thank Jetha for delivering a great session exploring how positive empowerment helps create the foundation for learning, growth, accountability, and confidence; both personally and professionally.

Event Recap and Key Takeaways​

Using the principle: “How I lift myself and others today, will determine our potential tomorrow” - Jetha Devapura. We discussed how effective empowerment is not about giving answers, but about helping others discover their own capability through listening, questioning, support, and ownership.

Ways to Empower by Listening - Building the Puzzle

The art of empowering is to build the village around the person to enable them to ‘do it themselves’. It’s like solving the puzzle with them, rather than for them.

Doing it themselves does not necessarily mean doing it alone but rather being in charge to hold the power. The village can consist of many aspects that will specifically help the person to reach their destination and most importantly to let them know that they are not alone.

The village not only consist of other people and external resources to help them, but also internal resources like strengths they already have and not aware of.

The skill of the mentor is to listen by asking questions to uncover the pieces of the puzzle that builds the village around the person.

A key reflection to carry forward:​
The importance of listening and asking purposeful questions to help others build belief in themselves and confidently say: “I can do it.”