Power and Influence Explained: How Authority Really Works
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Power and Influence Explained: How Authority Really Works

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Power sources: Positional from title, expert from knowledge, relationship from network, resource from access control, referent from respect.

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  1. 11 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

    Leadership was published in 1978, not 1976, and did not win the Pulitzer (Burns's 1971 Pulitzer was for Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom).

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    In 1976, James MacGregor Burns published Leadership, a book that won the Pulitzer Prize and reshaped

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    In 1978, James MacGregor Burns published Leadership, a book that reshaped

    Why: Burns' Leadership was published in 1978, not 1976, and it did not win the Pulitzer Prize (Burns' 1971 Pulitzer was for Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, a different book). Verified the live article body, pull-quote citation, and bibliography all already consistently use 1978 with no Pulitzer claim. The faq field does not mention Burns, Leadership, or the Pulitzer at all, so no secondary fix was needed there.

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