Leadership 10 Influences

Author: Wei Yan
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Leadership influence refers to the ability of leaders to effectively influence and change the psychology and behavior of those they lead through their identity and personal characteristics. Leaders need to utilize their influence to unite and lead subordinates, working together to achieve the organization's unified goals. The extent of a leader's influence depends on many factors, such as their status, abilities, character, knowledge, and talents. Leadership influence is divided into two major categories: power-based influence and non-power-based influence. Power-based influence is composed of the positions, status, and power granted to individuals by society, so it is possessed only by those in power and has a certain degree of coerciveness, also known as coercive influence. For leaders, power-based influence is external; for those being led, it has a strong compulsion. Non-power-based influence, also called natural influence, is unrelated to external power and is formed through the leader's personal characteristics and actions. From the leader's perspective, non-power-based influence has strong intrinsic qualities; for those being led, it has a strong sense of voluntary acceptance. In the book "The 10 Major Influences of Leadership" I co-authored, both power-based influence and the shaping and cultivation of non-power-based influence are discussed, with more emphasis placed on the latter.