Bonstingl suggested ways administrators might move toward collaborative leadership. Here are some of their own definitions of the two types. So anyone with power has that authority or has been granted that right to make certain decisions. My perception of power would be people looking up to you for direction and being able to provide that direction. Power is the ability to get something done.
Power is the ability to be able to coerce a direction in a certain way.
You don't take it. 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.