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The Elements of Power: Lessons on Leadership and Influence
The Elements of Power: Lessons on Leadership and Influence
The Elements of Power: Lessons on Leadership and Influence
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Discover invaluable insights about power and leadership with up-and-coming influencers from the former CEO of a global consulting firm.

Author Terry R. Bacon teaches you how things like your own knowledge, expressiveness, history, character, network, and reputation can open the complex combination lock to true leadership and irresistible influence. Whether you’re interested in taking on a more substantial role in your professional or personal life, these tools already at your disposal are the key to achieving success. 

Applying the latest research on the nature of power all over the world, Elements of Power shows you: 

  • how power works in organizations,
  • how people use and lose power,
  • the relationship between power and leadership,
  • what makes famous people powerful,
  • and how to lead and influence others more effectively. 

Complete with examinations of key business figures and world leaders and a handy self-assessment tool, Elements of Power offers an accessible and unprecedented pipeline to the many sources and types of internal and external power and provides insights on how to leverage each and how to exert the most important power of all: the power of will.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherThomas Nelson
Release dateJan 26, 2011
ISBN9780814415122
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Terry Bacon

TERRY R. BACON (Durango, CO) is the founder of Lore International Institute, a widely respected executive-development firm recently acquired by Korn/Ferry International. He is now the scholar in residence in that firm and is the author of many books including Powerful Proposals (978-0-8144-7232-3), What People Want, and The Elements of Power (978-0-8144-1511-5).

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    Brown provides insight as to what makes a leader powerful and what drains the power from a leader. The book provides an excellent overview for leaders striving to improve themselves and their leadership influence/power. The book is highly recommended for academic and professional collections, lower-division undergraduate and above.

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