Where does your power lie?
The Change Question: Where does your power lie?
First, what is power?
I like the definition from Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro’s book, Power, for All.
Power is the ability to influence another’s behaviour
You have power. It’s in some obvious and some not-so-obvious places.
Your power lies…
In those that report to you
In your reputation
In how well you know what your boss wants
In your ability to see patterns of function and dysfunction
In your empathy
In your willingness to say the hard thing
In your patience
In your capacity to manage the “failures” of small experiments
In your ability to build connections
In your courage to say no
In your willingness to keep a promise
In the generous act of listening well
In how well you know what your boss’s boss wants
In your attunement to who really has influence
In your ability to turn a marketing phrase
In the act of claiming power
I’m sure I’ve missed a thing or two.
What would you add?
Pod Wisdom: Resilience ≠ “pushing through the pain”
Dr Tasha Eurich, from the Change Signal episode "Shatterproof"
“Instead of pushing through, you start to pay attention. You say pain — biologically and psychologically — is a signal that something isn't quite right. The process of becoming shatterproof starts with that awareness that pain isn't a personal failure, it's a signal to pay attention.”
Dr Tasha Eurich is the author of Shatterproof.
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The Last Word
"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
~ Audre Lorde
