Looking at Power

Changing the Power Balance When I was Powerful How did I feel?What did I do? When I was Powerless How did I feel?What did I do? 2 Siobhan Maclean

How do you feel about the following statements? The way we approach someone sends messages visual and verbal – these messages indicate our level of respect for the person The way people respond to us usually mirrors the way we approach them The way someone responds also depends very much upon their personal confidence and self-esteem

Three people, three situations..

Do these scenarios feel real? Has this happened to you and / or have experience of similar situations? What training tools could we use to avoid them?

The impact of loss of dignity…. When we feel powerful, even if exhausted we can still be assertive When we feel powerless we may have to use all our resources to stand up for our rights Other times when we feel threatened and/or powerless we may lash out and fight Sometimes, when we have little self-esteem left we don’t expect to have dignity and we become compliant

We believe:- T he power exercise is so popular because it made people realise they had so much power, when many thought they had very little it makes us use our emotional intelligence and feel ‘empathy’ in a ‘real sense’, and When power relationships are removed, a true collaboration and a partnership can develop with an individual