When the definition of power includes the “ability to exert influence” there is probably no basis greater than the subject of today’s post. People love advice form perceived authorizes. Take, for example, Ann Landers. Ann Landers is a pen name invented by Chicago Times columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Eppie Lederer...
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6 Bases of Power – Coercive
There was a time when this type of power was common. It is the first resort of bullies, manipulators, and thugs. It is the last resort of everyone else. The Business Dictionary defines it as “Authority or power that is dependent on fear, suppression of free will, and/or use of punishment or threat, for its...
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6 Bases of Power – Transactional
The desire for an answer is on everyone’s mind but seldom expressed early on. Every job applicant wants to know how much. Every employer wants to know how little. The question? The applicant wants to know how much will I get paid? The employer wants to know how little can s/he pay and still get...
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The 6 Bases of Power – #1 Official Power
This just might be the most visible and common basis for power in our culture. Government is everywhere with its many officials who wield some degree of power over some segment of life. Police, firemen, zoning inspectors, building inspectors, tax collectors, license bureaus, apartment managers, condo boards, homeowner’s associations, the BATF, the FBI, the CIA,...
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Power trouble – How one unscrupulous leader destroyed up and coming leadership under them
Cliff was a recent new hire for the company. He had been recruited by a man who was the second-in-command of the US office and the head of the Canadian office. Cliff had been hired for one specific and focused job, to develop and oversee the Latin American interests of that company, a job which...
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3 Ways to really piss off your associates and employees – When power is abused and misused
Matt was a high-volume sales associate in a large retail store. He sold custom-built products that required a significant amount of time to prepare estimates and proposals. On one Thursday evening he was working alone at his desk in his department when the manager from another department in the store came to Matt and asked...
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Power Plays – Getting the job done
A friend once remarked that “It is amazing how much you can get done if you just do it.” A look at a jobs offered column on line or in a newspaper will inevitably turn up several with the qualifier “Must be a self-starter.” Why? Because you hire people to extend your reach, multiply your...
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Power Plays – Accountability
Not long ago I sat across a desk from a small business owner whose business has experienced rapid expansion in the past two years. Going against the trends in the general economy his company was invoicing $750,000 annually last year and will invoice approximately $2,000,000 this year. Among the items we discussed, one emerged that...
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Power Plays – Evaluation
So far, you have articulated your vision for the company or organization. You have identified your circle of concern and your limited circle of ability. You have listed the tasks that can be delegated to someone else and created a list of people to whom you can delegate those tasks. You have identified and articulated...
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Power Plays – Authority
Power has a source, a circuit, and a purpose. The laptop into which I am entering these words is powered by a battery which receives its power from a wall outlet which receives its power from a power line which is powered by a generating plant. The circuit is completed when the power flows from...
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