Sources of Power and Influence

This week for your project, you will need to do the following:

• Describe where the sources of power and influence exist in your organization.
• How should leaders use power and influence to drive ethical behavior? Why is this important?
• Explain the major factors that lead to obtaining the benefits of power and influence.
• Describe what one can do to increase one's own share of that power.

Your submitted assignment should be a minimum of 3 pages long and include correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Be sure to cite your sources per APA formatting and include an APA formatted title page.

**BACKGROUND: The organization is a private practice psychiatric clinic with a top-down management structure. All decisions are passed through the stakeholders. Most of the power comes from the CEOs, but the major influence is the office manager who is a leader in the organization for 40 years.