8INVEST IN YOUR POWER BASE
Building loyalty with people and within an organization takes time, action, and dedication. People freely give their power once they are motivated to follow a given leader. No matter how much we want people to want to follow us of their own free will, it takes time, discipline, and patience to become a leader with true power. It takes an investment in the organization around you.
Caesar never took his power for granted. He spent his life creating goodwill, incentives, and intrinsic motivation within those around him and the citizens at large. He nurtured his power as an asset and dedicated his career to the relationships with the people from whom he sought to derive power. What he did take for granted was his own safety. ...
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