Dec 8, 2015
Joseph Grenny on Abusing Power To Motivate Change -
We’re often asked what our most important findings are from our research in Crucial Accountability. There are actually two revolutionary concepts. The first is safety - creating an environment where it’s possible to talk about almost anything with anyone. It’s so liberating and empowering when you understand it!
The second concept is power. In moments of accountability, we’ve found that most people don’t believe they have enough power to get the other person to care about the issue at hand. If we believe the other person won’t care, we shrink away because we think power is the problem.
This is dead wrong. Understanding this principle is also extremely liberating and empowering because it goes against a natural tendency. We tend to believe that to motivate change, we need to use power.
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