INTRODUCTION
Leadership, paradoxical in nature is both a function and a determining factor of the societal nature over which its exercises sway. Seen in this light, three dependant variables, power, politics and influence tactics form part of the leadership essential calculus (Fairholm 1993). We will be discussing power, politics and influence tactics of leaders, the similarities and differences of that with theory and Subsea7 and what are some of the problems and challenges they face.


POWER
Power is the ability to make people say "yes" to you and this applies perfectly into the context of leading. To lead, a leader is in the need of power. Leaders should be in possession of a certain level of power so as to influence the act of others to get things done the way he wanted. Many tactics for using power involve acting alone but many also involved acting in concert with others (Bacharach & Lawler 1993).

Similarly, Popejoy (2004) stated "power is often viewed as a......

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Title: 3m In The New Millennium
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Approximate Pages: 15 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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