Article: Workplace survival depends on grasping power principle Using principle-centered power, leaders get synergy from their team members, increased work capacity, more ethical behavior and increased initiative, and motivation from workers

Power. Our culture is obsessed with finding it and using it. It is built into the core of our national identity as a "superpower."

In the workplace, survival depends on understanding the "power structure." We are always on the lookout for "power plays."

Despite our preoccupation with it, the nature of power is widely misunderstood, according to Blaine Lee, author of The Power Principle (Simon & Schuster, 1997, $25). Lee is a co-founder of the Covey Leadership Center in Utah and a former teacher of Stephen Covey, who went on to fame as the author of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. When people talk about their frustrations at work, they usually center on other people -- why people ...

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