Power is one of the most misunderstood—and therefore vilified— concepts in our society. Many people assume power is predetermined by personality or wealth, or that it’s gained by strong-arming others. You might even write it off as “dirty” and want nothing to do with it. But by staying away from power, you give it up to someone else who may not have your best interest in mind. In this session, Harvard Business and Kennedy School Professor Julie Battiana will provide a roadmap for how to make an impact on the power dynamics at work. She will explain how power is the ability to influence someone else’s behavior, and that this influence comes from having access to valued resources that others don’t have. She will share her proven strategies for orchestrating real change at work, negotiation, identifying the people who hold the power for change, and how those with less power can challenge established structures to make them more balanced
Speaker: Julie Battliana, Harvard Business & Kennedy School Professor and author, Power, for All: How it Works and Why it’s Everyone’s Business
Host: Amelia Dunlop, Chief Experience Officer & Principal, Deloitte
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