Power: The Key to Leadership
Key component of effective leadership is found in the power a leader has to affect other people‘s behavior
- Position power
- Authority by virtue of position in hierarchy (hiring employees, assigning projects to other workers, monitoring work [legitimate power])
- Authority to give or withhold rewards (pay raises, bonuses, verbal praise [Reward power])
- Authority to punish others (dismissal, reductions in pay,verbal reprimands [coercive power])