I don't try to control people. It's almost like respect. Some might say that I have power because I have a title. I might have power in the eyes of the other people because of the title but that doesn't really give me power. It's servant leadership.
Power is the freedom for people to be all that they can be.
You don't make decisions in isolation. You give yourself power when you watch the success of those that you work with. This is not to say that being a collaborative leader is easy for women. Since communities continue to expect superintendents to be in charge at all times, this makes it difficult for men and women alike to be collaborators. This contradiction between professed values and behavior was not surprising given the popular buzzwords used around shared decision-making.