Sources of Power

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As leaders we have potential to exercise control over our followers. We’re able to exercise this control because our followers perceive us to in some way have “power”.

There are two main sources of the power that we have, though having “one ring to rule them all” is not one of those sources. The power that we have comes from both the position that we hold in an organization (Position Power) and the person that we are (Personal Power).

Position Power

Position power is something that is given to us by virtue of the standing we have in [...]

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