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Personal power is the ability of a person to act versus the ability to get someone else to act. Therefore, it is essential that servant leaders understand how power is necessary for effective leadership. Servant leaders have been so fearful of the abuse of power that they often consider it in totally negative terms. One result of this is that leaders refuse to admit that they have personal leadership power and therefore must use that power to benefit and serve others. Various theories of power are presented and contrasted to this practical and usable view of personal leveraged leadership power.
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Laub, J. (2018). Leveraging Servant Leadership Power. In: Leveraging the Power of Servant Leadership. Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77143-4_11
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