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Power in organizations
"Power is the drive of everything living to realize itself, with increasing intensity and extensity.
The drive to achieve a goal, to complete a task, to grow."
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- Paul Tillich -
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An effective form of power (power to) arises when individuals feel the freedom to pursue their own goals while taking into account the greater whole. When they can collaborate with others from a place of authenticity, exert their influence, and collectively find ways to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
A risky form of power (power over) emerges when a person or role imposes their way of working at the expense of others. When others are placed in a position without their consent or are made to feel like they have no choice.
"Love is the drive towards the unity of the seperated.
The force to seek reconnection and to heal what has become fragmented."
- Paul Tilich
An effective form of love arises when the connection within a team or organization is so palpable that you know you're there for each other, no matter what, you've always got each other's back.
And when the atmosphere is positive, and there is genuine attention for one another. When a leader enables others to expand their potential and achieve their goals, not by providing solutions, but by helping the other person arrive at their own insights and actions.
A risky form of love emerges when we do everything to avoid conflict. Colleagues do not address inappropriate behavior. Ideas are not shared out of fear or because they believe they won't be heard.
Love in organizations
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