In the AE Decision, what does the E component represent?

• A. Empower - your participants to decide how they will participate which conveys that you trust and believe in them
• B. Enable - your participants to always follow exact steps
• C. Elevate - your participants to perform physically challenging tasks
• D. Endorse - your participants to abide by every rule

Answer: (A)

In this framework, the E stands for Empower. It means giving participants the choice to decide how they will participate, which shows you trust and believe in their judgment and capabilities. When participants have a say in how they engage with a task—such as opting into a challenge, choosing a variation, or deciding the pace or level of challenge—they feel ownership, which boosts engagement, reduces fear, and encourages safer, more thoughtful participation.

Enabling is not about always following exact steps; that would remove autonomy and can stifle individual needs. Elevating focuses on pushing people to take on more physically demanding tasks, which isn’t about granting decision-making power. Endorsing to abide by every rule centers on compliance rather than giving them agency. Empowerment, by contrast, centers on trusting participants to decide how they’ll participate within safe boundaries.