Subject: [Partnerwerks TeamWisdom Tips] The Science Behind Being PowerfulIn Any Team
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by Christopher M. Avery, Ph.D. (http://www.partnerwerks.com)
October 22, 2002
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TeamWisdom(TM) Tips promotes individual mental skills and
behaviors that create highly responsible and productive
relationships at work.
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This week's line-up:
1. 10-Second TeamWisdom
2. Welcome Notes
3. HOW TO BE POWERFUL IN ANY TEAM
4. 5-Minute TeamWisdom Stretch
5. TeamWisdom Resources
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1. 10-Second TeamWisdom
Our powers of authority and exchange -- no matter how great
-- are limited. Only our integrative power has no end.
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2. Welcome Notes
Thank you for caring enough about responsible relationships
at work to read TeamWisdom Tips.
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Please forward today's issue to everyone who could benefit
from greater ability to get things done when sharing
responsibility.
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3. THE SCIENCE BEHIND BEING POWERFUL IN ANY TEAM
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our
Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us."
~ Nelson Mandela
I'm more of a rant and less of a rave concerning most
popular lore about teams, teamwork and teambuilding. I still
find team effectiveness in knowledge-based, i.e.,
professional, organizations to be hit or miss. That explains
my relentless pursuit for individual strategies you can use
to get your work done when you share responsibility.
Getting your work done when sharing responsibility demands
attending to -- consciously or unconsciously -- the power
dynamics in your situation, but then so does getting
anything done with or through others. Most of us don't think
about this rationally enough. But, howdy, do we EVER think
about it!!
Too much.
Most of us bemoan not having enough budget or money to buy
results (or happiness), or, not having enough control over
situations or people to drive results (or happiness).
Consequently, most of us don't adequately recognize, develop
and practice the single greatest source of power available
to us. Want to know what that is?
The distinguished economist Kenneth Boulding outlined three
sources of power available to anyone ("The Three Faces
of Power," Sage Publications):
- Authority, aka "threat" or "power over,"
- Economic, aka "exchange" or "power to," and
- Integrative, aka, "love" or "power with."
These three sources of power don't occur in an either/or
fashion. Instead, they always occur in combination. Your
success is a function of skilled proportion.
The most startling part of Boulding's assessment (and the
greatest access to new learning) is this: of the three
sources of power, the two we most celebrate are clearly
limited. "Power over" is limited to one's assigned (or
ascribed) authority. "Power to" is limited to one's budget
or ability to convert assets to currency. Only "power with"
is UNLIMITED. Integrative power is unlimited in its ability
to mobilize, focus and energize people, groups,
organizations, nations. And, all that's required to tap into
our own integrative power is our individual skill in
formulating and conveying a compelling message about how our
fate is -- or can be -- linked with someone else's.
Attend "Being Powerful In Any Team." It's an intense 3-day
awakening and workout of your atrophied integrative skill
muscle. Why? So you can get things done.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our
Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us."
~ Nelson Mandela
Get started with this week's 5-Minute TeamWisdom Stretch.
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4. 5-Minute Practice Tip
Recall three recent situations in which you felt powerful. Now,
reflect on the sources from which you drew your power and answer
these questions:
1. What was the mix of authority, exchange and integrative power?
2. What were the results?
3. How might a different mix of power sources have fueled a
different result?
Extra Stretch:
Applying authority and exchange power requires little
thought. Uncovering and applying one's integrative power can
be challenging. Your Challenge: attempt to spend an entire
meeting--or an entire day--relying only on integrative
power. Note your difficulties--and your results.
I wish you a world of responsible and productive
relationships at work.
Faithfully, Christopher
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- November 6-8, The LawPartnering Forum, NJ
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Three Faces of Power
by Kenneth E. Boulding
Boulding was one of the "fathers" of General Systems theory
and a remarkbly lucid writer. He was also a leader in the
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