Many will have heard this phrase from a parent at some point in their life: “Do as I say, not as I do….”. It’s the sort of thing someone who smokes might come up with when telling their kid not to smoke. While we wouldn’t be likely to use that exact quote at work, many…
In our last post, we looked at the bases of power that are positional in nature. That is, they are based on something innate above a position you have or something you control. In this post, we’ll look at bases of personal power – these are things more oriented around you. Information Power While many people…
In a previous post, we explored the concept of power at a very high level. In this post, we’ll zoom in a little closer to one set of bases of power – those oriented around a person’s position. We broke positional power into three types based the 6 from French & Raven’s amazingly durable Bases of…
Whenever I hear the word Power, I think of the 1990’s dance classic song “I’ve Got The Power” – I guess I’ll never make it as an evil overlord. That said, the topics I write and speak on are generally about leadership, motivation and ethics though, we’re probably not going to start busting out any…