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August 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the August 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Check out these great tips on formal and personal power at work.

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Give Your Employees a Knife

Lead Change Blog

Competitive advantage today requires cutting edge innovation, distinctive service, and lightning fast responsiveness. Since personal power is already present in every employee, empowerment is not a gift given by the leader. The job of the leader is to release power. Servant denotes compliance, partner denotes community.

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8 Ways to Grant Intelligent Autonomy

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Relatedly, supervisors who reported higher levels of empowerment were seen by their subordinates as more innovative, upward influencing, and inspirational. Position power gives way to personal power with autonomy.