Unlocking Personal Power in Organizations

Your job title is actually the least powerful thing about you. Organizations are

just wild social experiments where groups create drama but teams create magic.

Here is the cheat code: formal authority is weak. If you really want to run the show,

you need personal power, which comes from being an expert and actually being

likable. Also, ignore the rulebook. The real boss is the company culture—those

unwritten vibes and stories that actually dictate how people act. If the culture doesn't

match the strategy, the whole system crashes, so you have to learn to read the room

to win.