Topic:
Focus on the Leader
Power and Leadership
ELISA M. PIANO
CHERIE GIL D. PUYONG
Reporters
Republic of the Philippines
State Universities and Colleges
GUIMARAS STATE COLLEGE- GRADUATE SCHOOL
Mclain, Buenavista Guimaras

“Knowledge will give you
power, but character
respect”
- Bruce Lee

What is Power?
‘ While an individual may exert
power without being a leader, an
individual cannot be a leader
without having power’.
(Bal,et al,.2008)

●Power is broadly defined as the ability of an
individual to exercise some form of control over
another individual.
● Power is the ability to impose your will or make
others act in the way you want based on your
authority.
● Power uses force to convince someone to
perform an action.
●Power is a person’s ability to control activities
of other individuals.
What is Power?

POWER AND AUTHORITY
Authority:
Derived from the Latin word “autocrats”, meaning influence or command.
● Authority can be used to mean power given by the state (in the form of
members of Parliament, Judges, Police Officers, etc.) or by academic
knowledge of an area (someone can be an authority on a subject).

● Authority is open used interchangeably with power.
However, their meanings differ,
● Power is defined as the “ability to influence somebody to
do something that he/she would not have done”
● Authority refers to a claim of legitimacy, the justification
and right to exercise that power.
● With authority comes power. The two go hand in hand. If
you have authority but no power, you cannot expect to be
respected or even acknowledge as an authority figure. To
have power without authority is pointless. Even if you show
dominance and power, it does not mean that you have the
respect or the ability to enforce.

BASES OF POWER
There are five bases of power that can be divided into two:
Personal
Formal ● Power of position (President, CEO)
● Vested by the position he or she holds.
● Influence over others,
● the source of which resides in the person

Personal Power
Expert Power
- comes form one’s experiences, skills or knowledge. As
we gain experience in particular areas, and become
thought leaders in those areas, we begin to gather
expert power that can be utilized to get others to help us
meet our goals. For example, the Project Manager who
is an expert at solving particularly challenging problems
to ensure a project stays on track.
Referent Power
- is based upon the individual’s personal qualities,
such as innate charisma, the respect and
admiration.

Charisma
Charisma is the nature of attractiveness or charm that
compels others to follow someone. Charismatic power
inspires positivity and joyful feelings in others. The
persuasive nature of this power is reliant on the engaging
quality of the leader's personality. This power does not have
to exist with any explicit skills or refined leadership qualities.
People are naturally drawn to the charisma of others.
Moral
A leader with moral power inspires action based on their
beliefs and behavior. Moral leaders live by a principle that
others can see and decide to follow. Employees are inspired
by these leaders because the leader builds trust through
their ethics. They become a role model for setting personal
standards.

Coercive Power
-is the power someone holds through threat or force. In an organization,
a higher-ranking manager can force a lower-ranking employee to act in a
way they don't want to with a threat of termination or other disciplinary
action. This type of power can be used in cases of insubordinate
employees but when relied upon as a common tool, it can breed
resentment.
Formal Power
Reward Power
-is conveyed through rewarding individual for compliance with one’s
wishes. This may be done through giving bonuses, raises, promotion,
extra time off from work, etc.
Legitimate Power
-comes from having a position power within an organization, such as
being the boss or a key member of a leadership team. This power comes
when employees in the organization recognize the authority of the
individual.

Information
Power based on information lasts as long as the information
is not known to others. This puts the person in possession of
the information in a unique position to leverage this power
however they choose.
Connection
Leaders have connection power when their alliance with
influential people is admired and desired by others. The
connection gives people the sense that the leader possesses
or has access to the same power that the influential person
has.
Founder
Founder power exists when a leader is the founder of an
organization, ideal or movement. Others defer to this person's
power because there is a perception of having a deeper
knowledge than the others through experience.

How Leaders Leverage Power Effectively
● Make Relationship a priority
● Don’t overplay your personal agenda
● Maximise your communication network
● Be general with information
● Make the most of your position
● Develop your brand of charisma
● Be the expert
● Tailor your power to reward others
● Reward with Words
● Punish with purpose
● Teach others

The 7 Cs, Keeping Power in Perspective
Character
Courage
Commitment
Cautious Attentiveness
Connectable
Contribution to the welfare of others
Creative perception

POWER AND CONTROL
● Work organization are systems with hierarchy, social
relationships, status and power (Mullins, 2006)
● Power may be seen as the control or influence over the
behaviour of other people with or without their consent.
(Mullins, 2006)
● Power is important to leaders.
● Leaders who have power are able to obtain more
resources, dictate policy and make advances in the
organization compared to leaders who have not or little
power
(Aamodt, 2007).

“ Leadership is the power of one harnessing
the power of many”
- John C. Maxwell
THANK YOU!