Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

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. Knowledge is power,” said philosopher Francis Bacon.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 14, 2011

That means you are the genius, not operating in the lofty, exclusive heights of science or culture, but right here, right now. That’s what practical genius is all about: identifying and leveraging both the soft and hard unique personal assets each of us possesses. Working for joy, innovation and autonomy is.

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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.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2016

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. 2) Have an Agreement for Autonomy in Place. Communication needs to be a two-way street.

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