The 7 Pillars of Successful Manager How to Become a Leader, Inspire Employees and Lead Your Team to Success

The 7 pillars of

Successful

Manager

How to become a leader, inspire employees and lead your team to success

Thomas Reus

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Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1: General information

That's all there is to say about power:

Etymology (the science of the origin and history of words and their meanings)

Chapter 2: The history of the concept of power

Chapter 3: A medal doesn't only have one side

Chapter 4: External power is supported by internal power

Chapter 5: When the powerful are powerless

Chapter 6: A good manager

Chapter 7: Ego state and personality

7.1 The parent ego

7.2 The child self

7.3 The adult ego

Chapter 8: Emotional expectations of managers

Chapter 9: The archetype

9.1 The archetypes according to Jung

The wise man

The innocent

The explorer

The ruler

The creator

The carer

The magician

The hero

The rebel

The lover

The jester

The orphan

Chapter 10: Integrated personality

Chapter 11: Personal development

Chapter 12: The seven pillars of power

12.1 The sequence of the pillars

12.2 The two poles of powerlessness

12.3 The task of two genders

12.4 Stability

A seesaw without power

It is important to ask the right questions

12.5 Passion

The secret of employee motivation

In this way, you can control the facilities you need:

What you can do

12.6 Self-monitoring

Responsibility is the key criterion for self-control.

The parental ego cloud

The child ego cloud

The personal frame of reference

12.7 Love

Firmly anchored individuality

The steadfast loyalty

The conscious truthfulness

12.8 Communication

Now we're getting off to a good start

Non-verbal communication

Submissive communication

Dominant communication

Emotionally competent communication

Emotionally competent communication explained in six steps

12.9 Knowledge

The four forms of knowledge

The science

The information analysis in a nutshell

The intuition

The wisdom

The vision

12.10 Ethics

Managers and their ethics

Morality versus ethics

The main instrument of control

How to deal with power games

Closing words/ Conclusion

Foreword

Power—a word we all know and by which we can imagine what lies behind this term. Power - the majority of people want it, but not everyone knows how to achieve it. Power - has seven important pillars and can have both positive and negative effects for the powerful and the powerless. I want to give you knowledge about power that you won't find anywhere else in such detail. I will also show you why hardly anyone can really handle power. If you want to gain power, you cannot avoid the seven pillars:

1.  Resilience → People who want to win are always faced with competition that they have to deal with;

2.  Passion → to be able to perform, you have to want to perform;

3.  Self-control → the job should not just be a job, but a vocation, because that brings fun;

4.  Dear → People are a reason for joy, which means you have to want to create something together with them;

5.  Communication → someone who wants to have something to say must also be able to listen to other people;

6.  Knowledge → if you want to achieve something, you need to know how;

7.  Ethics → If you want to get to the top, you have to assert yourself against others who are trying to manipulate you.

As you can see, gaining power is not always easy and dealing with it even less so. Don't hesitate any longer and start acquiring the necessary knowledge about power. I guarantee that this will bring you much closer to your goal!

You will be able to do this by reading this book:

Through this book you will learn what true power is and what it means. You will learn that you have a great deal of potential within you to fully utilize power. With theoretical models that are so unique that you could call them a secret weapon, you will learn how to successfully assess yourself and your environment. This book can also help you to reflect on yourself using many examples and exercises. So that you can benefit to the full in both your private and professional life, you will find out what alternative courses of action are available to you.

The seven pillars are never considered individually, as they are a system that builds on, complements and depends on each other. It is therefore important that you are guided by their structure when reading the book.

Chapter 1: General information

Power - a word that many people probably imagine to mean the following: Someone is more powerful, stronger, smarter than others and is therefore the boss or the decider. But is this really true? To find out, we should first take a closer look at the term.

Definition: When we talk about power, we are referring to a person's ability to influence others in such a way that they subordinate themselves and behave according to the wishes of the person in power. To a certain extent, we find power in all forms of our coexistence. Power creates social structures in different ways, which have personal, societal, social and structural influence potential. However, there are also extreme forms of power. In this respect, power can also be seen as the ability to assert oneself. In this case, the goals are defined unilaterally, which means that the demands of the people involved are not taken into account. In short: through assertive power, the powerless must submit to those in power.

The threat of punishment is used by those in power to ensure that others submit to them. It can also be said that they are forced to follow what the person in power dictates. The person in power does not compromise or enter into an exchange with his fellow human beings if they show conflicting or irreconcilable interests - it is not necessary for him. Power and influence must be clearly distinguished from each other here, even if the transitions between them are fluid. Both are fields of meaning that are described as follows: having power over someone or something and power to do. If one considers the term power as a social concept in the social sciences, the scope of its meaning is rather controversial.

Power relations that are moderate describe an exchange relationship that is multilateral. One side always takes the starting position, while the other takes the negotiating position. However, this is accepted by both sides. The reason for this may be the available opportunities to exert influence. These are, for example: Reward, superior knowledge or favoritism. The other side refrains from objecting and does nothing against the power exercised; it tolerates and complies with this power.

That's all there is to say about power:

The physical and psychological scope of action of a person or even an entire group of people is defined by the extent of their power. The benefits of power, in both a positive and negative sense, depend on how it is used.

If the power has a negative effect and the person in power consciously uses their power even though certain conditions are in place to do otherwise, this is referred to as abuse of power.

It is always necessary to take a close look at the power to act and its preconditions, because even if coercion or force is used, this does not always mean that it has a negative effect.

How the use of physical force is regulated is always delegated by the state in a democratic society. It is therefore its task to recognize socially necessary functions. The power that exists in democratic systems is always regulated by a constitution and numerous laws.

Etymology (the science of the origin and history of words and their meanings)

If we look at the word power in terms of its origin and meaning, it can be traced back to two Indo-European roots that sound similar: mag- (to form, shape, knead, press). This meaning indicates that a tool is/was used, or secondly: magh- (to make - to be able, to be able, to be able). At this point, there is an indication of the connection in the social sphere with regard to a disposition over others and oneself. The focus on the future can also be recognized here.

If you look at the way language is used today, you can see that a reification and personalization still resonates. This is the reason why power in our society is to be understood as a relational concept, i.e. a concept that goes hand in hand with a relationship to something.

The meaning of the word power in Old High German, Old Slavic and Gothic is skill, ability, capacity. It is related to the word machen. It therefore signals potentiality. The Latin word potentia (power) comes from the word posse. This can be translated as to be able.

In general, we always assign the word power to the word field of the term domination. The following words suggest this: holder of power, seizure of power, change of power or power apparatus. However, these also show us that the holders of power can also lack political legitimacy.

Conclusion: The word power denotes something factual. Authority and rule are based on legitimized institutional foundations.

Chapter 2: The history of the concept of power

The political or legitimized exercise of power is only one manifestation of power. And yet it is at the center of theory formation and thinking.

The first to emerge was Greek sophistry (a group of men from ancient Greece who had special knowledge in theoretical or practical areas). They had a philosophical view of the problem of power.

The Melier Dialogue (famous episode in the historical work The Peloponnesian War) by Thucydides (Greek historian) deals with the question of the inner power of law.

The emissaries from the island of Melos invoke the usefulness of the righteous. The Athenians, on the other hand, represent the pure power position of a great power. Consequently, rights can only exist if there is equality of power. The exercise of power is therefore based on the nature of man. Let us look at Plato's argument with the sophist position: here, those who are apparently powerful seem rather powerless. Their actions are not guided by what appears to be best. In other words, they would not do what they actually want if they knew better.

Aristotle also dealt with