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Hello everyone.

Welcome to my presentation regarding the personal versus positional power.

First, let's see what's the agenda.

It's about the comparison between positional power and personal power.

And next, we'll see about the most utility in leading projects.

And third, how we can improve personal power.

So these three will be the topics we'll discuss in this presentation today.

First, comparison between positional power and personal power.

In project management, both positional power and personal power are equally

important. They have their unique ways of approach and also have the

impact on the team dynamics as well as it influences the

project outcomes.

First, talking about positional power, it is more about the power gained due to

the designation or formal role within an organization which gives us the

authority to delegate tasks or kind of take decisions and all of that.

kind of have several subdivisions of power such as the legitimate power which

technically a role such as a program manager or a project manager where we

given the authority by a position in a workplace so we have the right to

delegate tasks and kind of guide people how to approach it And then there's

course of power, which is usually the legal team or upper management.

And they have the power to set the rules and kind of see where the legal

actions.

can be taken and how a person has to perform or any setting any rules and

regulations policies all come under this and then there is this reward power

which typically is the power to provide rewards such as gifts incentives or the

ability to recognize anybody's work

Let's see what are the strengths and weaknesses of this positional power.

The strengths typically include the authority to make decisions.

It helps to create policies or deadlines, as we discussed in the

It is also useful for managing teams and external stakeholders.

These are all the positives about it. And then let's see the weaknesses, which

includes compliance issues.

overused or kind of misused it can create resistance within the team and

based on the authoritative powers we have it's more about

taking decisions from the organization's perspective and typically following the

policies and rules more than individual values moving on to personal power uh it

is more about the individual's values quality and influence more than the

designation and it is about being respected or admiration for one's

which comes out due to pure admiration or influence rather than just a

designated power let's see the strength of this it develops a strong team

bonding and trust

Among all team members, it helps with the more open collaboration and also

creates innovation.

It usually works in a less formal setting, such as agile projects.

And then talking about the weaknesses, it takes time to build because it's more

about the personal values. So it's about eventually bonding with the team and

then gaining trust, credibility and all of that.

It relies more on interpersonal connections.

and credibility.

So it is less formal typically.

And also it can be less effective if the person or the project manager or

anybody who is in the stature of a leader and then he lacks certain core

such as integrity and then it becomes weaker within the team at that case.

Moving on to what's very useful about project leadership.

when it comes to these two types of power. I think both of them are

valuable, but personal power is usually considered more valuable and utility

-wise in leading projects because in a modern setting, such as cross

-functional, agile, or matrix projects, teams usually get influenced by leaders

they respect and admire more than just authoritative power.

Finally, three ways to improve personal power first it's all about gaining

expertise kind of staying technically sound being updated in our area of

expertise and learning the latest project management tools methodology

agile pmp related uh updations as um we kind of

get updated with ai and all these other upcoming tools uh the so Typically, it

is like the more competent we are, the more credible our value is.

Second, it's all about building relationships.

So if we focus on understanding and bonding with our team by spending more

listening proactively, showcasing some empathy and being friendly with them,

we'll eventually create strong relationships, even though it takes

will develop referent power.

And finally, being consistent and improving reliability definitely helps,

as honoring commitments, transparent and clear in communication by acting with

integrity. Usually people get influenced to leaders who are very approachable,

neutral and.

are motivating.

So I think personal power has its own values along with authoritative power.

But then personal power, if used in the right way, it can lead us to

more interpersonal bonding, creating wonderful deliverables for the team, for

the project. And also it will improve us as a person and as a project leader for

sure. Thank you.