The first woman of color to win the Academy Award for Best Actress spoke out today about the Oscar diversity controversy. Halle Berry, who won her statuette in 2002 for playing the widow of an executed inmate in Monsterâs Ball, spoke out at the 2016 Makers Conference, a leadership confab near LA.
overpower. 1  to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac. 2  to overcome or overwhelm in feeling; affect or impress excessively: overpowered with confusion and desire. 3  to gain mastery over the bodily powers or mental faculties of: a strong drink that quickly overpowered him.
From the viewpoint of an employee empowerment can mean being allowed to take decisions on their own initiative, be allowed to get on with their job without interference or greater levels of autonomy. On the face of it these viewpoints appear compatible but it is what happens in practice that counts.onsulting the dictionary it states that the verb empower is to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something. The adjective empowering is defined as something that is empowering makes you more confident and makes you feel that you are in control of your life.