The client and his/her system have the power they need to manage change within their system once their energies are released through effective, infinitely-oriented processes that support learning from differences though good conflict management and team building skills. The potential success of many change projects is often minimized by system authorities or change agents who believe that they must make the change happen rather than empowering the systems, the groups of the systems, and the individuals of the groups to make the change.

Critical aspects of empowerment are the experiences of choice and influence. As I experience my behavior having influence, I will begin to experience choice about how I respond to my environment. Consequently, I begin to experience myself as powerful. The more powerful I feel the more I will contribute my skill and energy to those who support my experience of choice and influence.

Personal empowerment without effective leadership, conflict management and team building, however, can lead to chaos. Groups are the fundamental unit of human systems. Successful systemic change, then, calls for personal empowerment within the context of group empowerment-both within the context of decision-making parameters that support the success of all.