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Get the job done fast and get the results.  That is usually the excuse to use a bit of power behaviour. The down side of using power – people will avoid doing your task either mentally or physically.  No ones likes feeling like a slave. “Being powerful is like being a lady.  If you have…

John Cleese provides some great insights into how NOT to create an environment for teaming and innovating.  Those familiar with the Human Synergistics Circumplex listen out for the Passive and Aggressive leadership behaviours.

Often our careerVALUES represent how we like to be rewarded at work. Communicating your top values to your Manager as part of a career discussion can be incredibly powerful in helping them understand what makes you motivated and engaged at work. If you don’t let your manager know what is important to you they will…

At the top of the HSI circumplex is Satisfaction (blue) . At the bottom is Security (red and green). Jodie Nevid of BRS makes the link between vulnerability and the courage to leave security behind. Arguably this idea is the key to really effective leadership.

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One way to reduce your reliance on power as a behaviour style is to give the power away. If you do that you  are likely to increase your use of Affiliative and Humanistic-Encouraging behaviour. That is probably why the saying works.