We’re guest posting over at the Lead Change Group blog today (a place where you’ll regularly find lots of good insights, especially into character-based leadership)!
Like love, power is one of those words rarely uttered in the workplace.
And, when it is, those conversations happen in whispered tones, usually following a flagrant example of power gone wrong.
- A CEO believing what leadership ethicist Terry Price defines as “something that’s wrong for others but OK for me.”
- A newly promoted manager intoxicated with authority who bosses everyone about.
- A quiet someone with a dissenting view who refrains from speaking up, believing they lack sufficient influence to affect outcomes.