enablement
6 synonyms and 0 antonyms for enablement, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — In business, the practice of giving a team the training, content, tools and information they need to do their job well, most often used of sales teams.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun business jargon
In business, the practice of giving a team the training, content, tools and information they need to do their job well, most often used of sales teams.
“She runs enablement for the commercial organisation.”
2. noun
The act of making something possible, or the state of being made possible.
“The grant funded the enablement of remote learning in rural schools.”
How to Use Enablement
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Heavily used in software and SaaS companies; outside that world it can read as corporate jargon.
Etymology
From the verb 'enable', from 'en-' (to make, put into) plus 'able', with the noun-forming suffix '-ment'.
Full origin of enablement →Frequently Asked Questions
What does a sales enablement team actually do?
It equips salespeople to sell: onboarding and training new reps, producing pitch decks, battlecards and case studies, running the sales tooling, and feeding back to product and marketing on what customers actually object to. The measure of success is usually shorter ramp time for new hires and higher win rates.
What is the difference between enablement and training?
Training is a set of events that teach skills. Enablement is the whole ongoing system around performance, including content, tools, processes and coaching, with training as one component of it.
What is the difference between enablement and empowerment?
Enablement is about capability: giving people what they need to do the work. Empowerment is about authority: giving them permission to decide. A team can be well enabled and still unable to act without sign-off.