Write a 700 word essay on the following:

This exercise gives you a chance to reflect on power as a leadership competency.

First, what images come to mind when you think of power? Write down each image you come up with. Label each of your images as positive or negative.

Second, compile a list of five people you see as being powerful. What, in your opinion, makes the people on your list powerful? Where do you think their power comes from? Identify how you have seen them use their power, and imagine how each would react were she or he to lose power.

Third, explain how you conceive of power. That is, in your opinion, is power a personal quality, earned, given or a combination of factors? Also identify when you feel most and least powerful, a time when you used your power in a way you believe appropriate, and a time when you felt that you misused or abused the power that you had.

Finally, using a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 represents “having no power at all “ and 10 being “all powerful” rate how powerful (or powerless) you currently perceive yourself to be. Explain your reasons for rating yourself as you did.