Elevating What Works

Elevating What Works

Good Leaders Do This

Develop Useful Expertise

Lesson 2 of 5 in Exerting Influence

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Ben Baran
Jun 02, 2025
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What This Means

Being a leader inherently involves the notion of power, which is the ability to exercise influence with others.

Some sources of power have to do with your organizational authority–your position or title. Others have to do with you, or your personal power.

One source of personal power is your expertise.

Quite simply, it means that having a sp…

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