CU Coach says to empower workers. Leadership must promote three feelings in their workers: a sense of power, a sense of being needed and a sense of competence.

Hawkins motivates minority business leaders
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Dan Hawkins, the head football coach at the University of Colorado, says success on the field – and in business – is fairly simple.

Every team needs experience, talent and depth.

But leaders should also seek to promote three feelings in their workers: a sense of power, a sense of being needed and a sense of competence.

"Great leaders are there to facilitate and let other people have power," said Hawkins, whose overall record of 92-23-1 in 10 seasons as a collegiate head coach ranks sixth best among all active Division I-A coaches.

Hawkins gave the keynote address Friday to 350 business people at the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council’s 32nd annual Business Opportunity Fair, held at the Colorado Convention Center.

A crucial element that many business people overlook, he said, can be found in nearly any college psychology textbook.

By Will Shanley
Denver Post Staff Write

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