Positive Positional Power: Decisive, Passionate, and Motivational: In order to use your positional power positively, you need a deep understanding of the organization’s structure, systems, and the industry. All systems including the unspoken rules and corporate culture. As a leader, the way you use both your personal and positional power helps to create the culture of the organization.
Being appropriately passionate and motivational by correctly applying your Human Interaction skills and Emotional Intelligence drives direction and pulls those around you towards yours and the organization’s visions.
Organizational Street Smarts or Savvy involves the deliberate mapping of the organization to understand and navigate changes and challenges. Understanding your stakeholder’s needs and correctly identifying strategic initiatives can either make or break your project’s success.
Positive Power and Influence®
Learning how to manage yourself and influence effectively using your personal power greatly enhances your ability to use your positional power. Many execs don’t think they need the basics. Given the Great Resignation, we guess they got that wrong.
Science and the Leader-Follower Relationship
Ready to hear honest feedback? What do you think is the quality of the leader-follower relationship in your organization?