Self-governing - the ability to make one's own decision.  As leaders it is important to recognize and encourage autonomy in our employees, even when their decisions are not ones that we would have made. Autonomy sparks creativity and it is the creative solutions that are the easiest and least expensive to implement.  Consider this, the alterative is a culture where we want our decisions made for us. Do we really want that?  Encourage autonomy and decision making and you will build a culture that can manage themselves. Fun fact: this is also true as parents when dealing with our children. What is Autonomy? (expanding-excellence.com)