The power of power

The real power of power is to achieve goals without executing or abusing the power. But more often than not, the powerful people in all spheres of life and work use to dominate and create environment of distrust and chaos.

Recently during my one to one meeting with one such person occupying a powerful position in office wanted to know whether people perceive him to be tough, and took pride in creating an environment of uncertainty at workplace.

Reflecting back, I wonder that people in general feel uncertain and subdued with their managers or bosses. So what was so special that he achieved by being “tough”. It comes naturally with power as an unwanted side effect. The real power to him I understand is to create the environment of certainty, trust, cohesiveness, teamwork, openness and give away the power that creates uncertain environment and chaos.

The real powerful are those who could influence the minds of young and old by evoking the real power among others. Hopefully they practiced by following the principles of:

· The power to give away.

· The power to eliminate fear, violence, jealousy, anger, greed etc.

· The power to share knowledge and learning’s.

The real power to powerful people in the organization occupying top most position is to create environment of trust, certainty, camaraderie, hope and joy at workplace.

Let the power bring in joy and pleasure at work. I am sure it will foster productivity and innovations at work.