Change Starts Here

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

To be an effective change agent, you must have some power within your organization. In general, power is the energy to make something happen. In the context of an organization, your personal power directly impacts your ability to influence change. Having power provides benefits that help you implement change.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2016

The key is to create “intelligent autonomy” that gives employees the independence and influence they crave, but does so in a manner that thoughtfully avoids the contradictions and pitfalls of a poorly executed delegation of power. Position power gives way to personal power with autonomy.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

If you have plans of becoming a manager or taking on any leadership position, you can help yourself tremendously by being aware of the mistakes that hurt the reputations and relationships of new bosses. Abusing power. Leadership is not about flexing your personal power but empowering others. ” Wrong!

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Maybe you catch yourself zoning out in meetings, or taking on work that you should be delegating. Sadly, too many leaders focus on personal power and self-serving goals. We all have things we need to work on. It’s important to pay attention to those areas and keep them under control. But some habits are worse than others.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

From Frederick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management to Chris Argyris and Immaturity-Maturity Theory, the Situational Leadership ® process integrates the contributions of the most prominent researchers of leadership and human motivation. Do these managers exist? Unfortunately, yes.

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Satisfy the motive and you will manage the behavior. Effective managers are typically more oriented toward details, as are functions like quality control and accounting. Effective managers, on the other hand, are more Present time oriented to deal with daily activities. Changing just behavior is at best temporary.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 11, 2010

My friends invite me over, just so they can sit back and let the bossy one take charge of the kitchen and delegate the cooking, the cleaning and the relaxing! I think the difference is that a bossy woman operates from a place of love and a bully from a place of personal power. Mr. Dean is my boss hero! What do you think?

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