The Elements of Power
Lessons on Leadership and Influence
Published on 16. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-8144-3728-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Focus
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
491 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8144-3728-5 (9780814437285)
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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).