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I hope this is working. I just did a mic
check, so we should be good.

But hello, my name is Ashlyn Bambus, and
this is just a quick overview of

personal versus positional power for
PMGT 840, developing as a project

leader.

So what is the difference between
personal and positional power?

The way that I kind of look at it is
something personal power is stuff that

comes from within and positional kind of
in the name is something that is given

to you. It's kind of external.

That's just the way that I look at it.

Personal power, though, is something
that, you know, it's about the amount of

knowledge that you have, the skills that
you have, your expert power, how

credible you are, you know, giving your
track record of building trust.

Trusting relationships, how credible you
are with the information that you have,

your information power, how valuable is
the information or exclusive is the

information that you have is and how
influencing you can be.

All this stuff in my mind comes from
within.

Right. And this is usually a pretty
stable place for someone to be in as a

leader, because this isn't really
focusing on the title, but it's more so

focusing on the relationships that this
person has and, you know, the stuff that

comes from within.

And then your positional power, just
like kind of in the name, is the title

you hold or the role that you play.

You have more legitimate power in that
sense.

You can give raises, bonuses. You can
discipline your team members.

But this one could be a little bit more
temporary, just given that it's based on

a role or a title that you have.

So, you know, if you have a job and you
get fired from your job, well, you don't

have positional power anymore. Right.
You may still have personal power, but

don't have positional power anymore.

So which power is better or should a
leader kind of have a mix of both?

So I think that a leader should have a
mix of both. I do think that is good,

maybe, you know, 70 -30.

towards more heavy on the personal side.
I think it is really good to have

personal power, especially somebody
who's a team member of, you know, having

leader have very good personal power
because that allows your leader, your

manager, your PM, whoever it may be, and
their team members to form really good

relationships that's built on, you know,
trust and good communication.

You know, you can trust them that the
information they give you is credible.

All the above. I think that's really
important because at the end of the day,

it's about the personal relationship you
have, I think.

But on the flip side, I think you still
need someone with positional power

because it is important to have someone
that can delegate tasks.

And it is important to have that
authority when needed.

So I do think a mix is really good. But
I honestly think that relationship means

a little bit more than the position that
your leader holds.

Just my opinion.

So I think there's a lot of ways that
you can improve personal power. I think

everybody has a little bit of personal
power.

Just within just given how everybody
knows different information, everybody

some level of trust, everybody has some
level of relationships.

But I do think that there are different
ways that you can improve your personal

power. The first one, which I try to do
all the time, is attend networking

events. So it's kind of funny.

It's all about who you know. Right. So
it's all about who you know. And if you

can attend these networking events,
eventually, you know, if you're

and you come across someone who's a CEO
of a company, well, the information that

they're going to give you is going to
become very valuable to you. Right.

You're going to learn a lot from this
person, not even just work related, but

outside of work, their habits, stuff
like that. So I think it's really

about just.

building your network as much as
possible because you never know where it

take you and how much information you're
going to gain internally.

I also think just reading and learning
as much as possible, not just at work

because you have to or at school because
you want your degree.

But I think just outside of all that and
your personal time reading, you know,

informational books, reading textbooks.

Even watching YouTube videos of just
people teaching you about new things. I

think that information is so valuable in
itself, just learning about anything.

I think it's a lot better than just
scrolling aimlessly on a social media

rather than maybe reading a book. I
think reading a book would bring a lot

personal power and a lot more
improvement for longevity as a PM or

member at that.

I also think just living a healthy
lifestyle.

I think when living a healthy lifestyle,
you can show people that you're

determined to keeping good habits. So
whether that's maintaining a diet, going

to the gym, going to school to further
your education, that in turn turns to

influence. I think people see.

You know, see that rather than you just
talking, oh, I diet, I diet, rather than

someone seeing you actually diet and
seeing the results that come from it. I

think influencing by example is really
important.

And I think, again, that comes from
within. If you do something, someone is

apt to do it themselves.

Right.

And then I think another way, again,
there's so many ways, but just the last

that I noted is just practice speaking
up when silence is easy.

You don't need a position or a title to
practice being a leader. You can always

stand up for what is right or what you
believe in and just lead effortlessly.

Right. You can be the bottom of the
totem pole in your team. But if, you

person above you says something and
you're like, I didn't really like that.

can stand up for yourself and, you know,
practice speaking up. And in turn,

that's going to make you a great leader.
Having those uncomfortable

conversations and just just being a good
communicator.

I think we learn how to communicate best
in those tough situations. And I think

a lot of that comes from speaking up
when, you know, silence is easy.

Again, totally a ton of more different
ways to improve personal power, but I

think those are the best ways in my
opinion.

And then lastly, does one type of power
feed into another?

So I said this a couple of slides ago,
but.

I always hear people say it's all about
who you know, and that couldn't be more

true. In my opinion, personal power, I
think, drives positional power.

So having those trusting relationships
with about who you know, whether that's

at a networking event or just speaking
up and maybe someone catches your name

you speaking up in a hard situation,
they're like, oh, I really like them.

So, you know, having any relationship
like that that has trust on the

of the relationship will help you step
into a role that could lead into

positional power.

Another example, and this is how this is
pretty awful, but.

Not in terms of PM, but just power in
general. I think blackmail is also a

of personal power that can turn into
positional power because, you know,

personal power, you're holding valuable,
exclusive information on someone again.

not as a PM, not in a good way, but
you're holding this knowledge.

And in turn, you can become positional
over this person and have authority and

direct it to do something that you want
this person to do. I think that is also

positional power. You're in a position
giving your personal power to direct

someone.

So I do think personal power drives
positional power. I think you need to

that internal drive, that internal
valuable information to then in turn

positional power in a position of power.
I think I've I've came across a few

program managers just in my experience
where they have positional power, but

can tell that they don't have a lot of
personal power. And that, in my opinion.

it's very obvious and it just doesn't
make for the best manager because

lacking that, that trust or that
relationship building factors. And it

just very like transactional between
your manager. It shouldn't feel like

right? You should have that personal as
well.

And here's just the reference. I just
took it from the slides from our class.

So, yeah, that's just my little bit of
personal versus positional power.

I'm sure I went over our five minute
time recommendation, but yeah, I hope

enjoyed my slides and thank you.