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Leadership is the intelligent use of power.
The ultimate use of power is to empower others.
Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.
There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
I would define the proper use of power as something that creates happiness for yourself and others.
Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.
The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well?