To compete in a global economy, organizations of all types focus on improving productivity, quality and service. In each of these areas it is important to leverage the human resources talent available in these organizations. Effective leaders must understand and depend on the interrelationship between organizational structure such as power, authority, influence and leadership. Also, how it dwells in organizations and how it drives others to achieve the organization's goals. Power is the ability to obtain, retain, and motivate people and to organize information and material resources to accomplish a task (Leadership, n.d.). Power is central to the leadership process in developing a manager's self-confidence and willingness to support staff members (Schmidt & Wilkinson, 1990). The desire for power is universal. From this point of view, power should be accepted as a natural part of every individual organization. Power is not distributed equally among individuals or groups, but each individual has some degree of power. Competence and intelligence are prerequisites for managing power in a healthy leader. Leaders have a responsibility to recognize and develop their power to coordinate and support the work of staff members. Power motivation, or the need to have an impact on others, is highly desirable for people with management responsibilities. A leader who understands power, its foundations, and its responsibilities has an advantage in getting things done through others. In exercising power, the leader never needs to separate his or her ethical and moral values ​​from a situation. Power influences the organization in the following ways: A nurse decides to sign up to take care of the most critical patients after listening to her n...... middle of paper ......uations. In a hospital, for example, a nursing team may accept the new manager's expectations but seek sanction for taking action from another, thus creating conflict and confusion within the team. To function well as a leader, the leader must identify individual strengths, weaknesses, and potential; gain knowledge of leadership, power, influence and authority to do the right things at the right time.ReferenceLeadership. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.scribd.com/doc/47296047/LeadershipLeadershipdirect (n.d.). Leadership defined. Retrieved from http://www.leadersdirect.com/leadership-defined Schmidt, K. D., Wilkinson, S. (1990). Intraorganizational influence tactics: Exploring getting your way. Journal of Applied Psychology 58(4):440-452.Stewart, T.(1997). The new power game. Fortune, 135(1), 66-75.