Leadership & Power

Leadership and Power “Power… the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power… vision is the commodity of leaders, and power is their currency.” (Bennis and Nanus, 1991)

‘Power Types’ (French and Raven, 1991)

"the capacity to exert influence over others." Social Power "the capacity to exert influence over others."

(Go along with their decision because they’re the “BOSS”

Information / Connectional Power Gained through non-formal communication channels (“grapevine”) & networks