Day: February 28, 2018

leadership, authority, power
Development

Confusing Leadership with Authority and Power

The word leader conjures certain figures to mind. People like Winston Churchill, George Washington, or Charlemagne often come to mind, but some people might also think of figures like Ivan the Terrible, Saddam Hussein, Stalin, and Hitler. Leadership is a double-edged sword which gives us both the good and the bad. Or is it? Not according to Rajeev Peshawaria at Forbes. Leadership is not power According to Peshawaria, there is no such thing as bad leadership. The problem, he says, is that people mistake authority and power for the things that make someone a leader. Someone being granted authority, whether

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