It lasts through the ages. It influences the spirit of humanity. In any organizational context there is power associated with positions in the organization. The measure of this power is your decision-making authority. You can exercise power through control or through service.
Control motivates people through their attachments.
Service motivates people through their sense of personal obligation and a moral Imperative. It is exercised by setting an example and creating the moral authority to ask others to take individual responsibility. To move the organization toward its objectives, we need to harness this power, not emasculate it. Leadership with control through fear causes people to surrender their personal power to the leader 1. The organization then suffers from the lack of spirit, creativity and commitment from these people 5.