Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

They deal with anxiety and health issues that weigh heavily, financial and personal matters that keep them up at night, and a host of other problems that make their day more stressful than needed. Check out these great tips on formal and personal power at work. It’s not that difficult to do. Here’s how to do it.

Leadership Development 334

Leadership Development Development Leadership IAS 334

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I believe some of the most powerful ways are: 1) engaging people in their WHY and their WHO (why they do the work they do and who it impacts), 2) connecting people with their intentions (what they want their impact to be, how they want to affect others, the project, etc., Get present and pause. We have to connect.

Power 83

Power Self-aware Leadership Energy 83

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests. Studies show that individuals with political skills tend to do better in gaining more personal power as well as managing stress and job demands, than their politically naive counterparts.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

Altrocentric leaders will be capable of long-term vision encompassing both global and local perspectives. Altrocentric leaders, on the other hand, derive power from motivating, not controlling, others. better equips them to handle the stress of the uneasy chair. Like competitors and employees?]

Co-Opetition 10

Co-Opetition McClelland Leadership Emotional Intelligence 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2015

And even though it can feel gratifying in the short term to blame others for your situation, this attitude toward your time investment will leave you truly powerless in the long run. But the breakthrough only happens when they start exerting their personal power instead of waiting for something around them to change.

Proposal 8

Proposal Short-term Commitment Project 8