Types of Power

Which type of power do you find most effective? Which type of power do you think you have? Do you use it? If so, in what situations? How could you improve your leadership and management skills now that you have a better understanding of the types of power and how they are applied? Remember to always add the "whys" with the "whats."
I believe that most of these different types of power can be effective given the situation in which they are used. If I were to choose which of these I would find the most effective in a general setting I would choose charisma power. The reason I would choose charisma power is because of the effect it has on large groups of people. A good example of this would be Obama’s speeches and how his charisma got nearly the entire nation behind him during his first run for presidency. Thinking about the different types of power, I would probably say that I have a rational type of power. I use rational power during normal social settings on a regular basis. Normally when I am at work I use my reasoning and problem-solving skills to influence the situation. Let’s say that me and some of my co-workers have been given an assignment and told we need to have it done by a specific time. One of the co-workers are convinced that we should do it a specific way, but I noticed a problem with the way in which they want to do the assignment. I will approach my co-worker and in the most respective way that I can I will explain to them the flaw that I see in their solution and in return offer an anterior solution that will allow us to get the assignment done by the deadline. It could even be that we run into a problem along the way and I perhaps have a better solution that they may not have thought of. I believe that with the knowledge I have obtained from this week’s lecture and reading assignment, I can comfortably say that I will be able to