The Elements of Power: Lessons on Leadership and Influence
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Elements of Power: Lessons on Leadership and Influence
By (Author) Terry Bacon
HarperCollins Focus
Amacom
27th June 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Advice on careers and achieving success
Management: leadership and motivation
Business communication and presentation
658.4092
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 16mm
475g
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 youre 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.
Reviews
""The Elements of Power" is a banquet of ideas on the use of power for the price of an inexpensive dinner for two. It even has the added advantage of being both tasty and healthful." - "Inland Empire Business Journal"
"Filled with insights into strengthening each power source, Bacon presents an energizing model for business leaders at all levels who want to increase their voltage." - "Niche" magazine
Author Bio
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, What People Want, and The Elements of Power.
