Handout 16.3 (continued)
Reproduced from 50 Activities for Interpersonal Skills Training
Sue Bishop and David Taylor, HRD Press, Inc., 1992, 2008
According to Charles Handy, power stems from the following sources.
Physical power
This is the power source of the bully and the terrorist. Luckily this is
rarely a power source in the workplace!
Resource power
One person, team, or department has something that someone else
wants. It is a common feature of organizational life. These resources
are not just material. They can be related to status or belonging. It is
important to acknowledge that possession of a resource that some-
one else wants is not, on its own, enough. It must also be within the
possessor’s ability to control the resource. An ...