Effective Leaders Use Power Leaders who use power effectively accomplish tasks in the organization without relying on their job title. Empowering managers seek to share power, to give it away, then hold. They recognize and reward people for their accomplishments, contributions, and ideas. They encourage participation, solicit input, and involve people in decisions, giving credit to those who have earned it. They reward people who generate the greatest impact toward organizational goals, rewarding results rather than processes.
Powerful leaders influence followers to do what they want done.
Winning acceptance of one's views produces an incredibly rewarding feeling of accomplishment. Leaders who use power effectively care about people and avoid dominating them. They depend on deftness, rather than flexing their muscle. They choose respect over friendship, and want truth rather than deception. They analyze their audience in terms of relevant needs, desires, and values after which they focus on a connection with their audience on common ground before moving into areas of resistance.