Power, For All

Concentrated, accessible and life-changing, Power, for All is the definitive guide to understanding and navigating power in our relationships, organisations and society.

A remarkably insightful read on what power is, how it's gained and lost, and how it can be used for good. The masterful analysis by two leading experts will make you rethink some of your most basic assumptions about influence

Power dynamics are tricky, frustrating and frequently destructive. A central cause is the lack of a concrete, usable model for thinking through how to diagnose and shift power dynamics. In Power for All, Battilana and Casciaro fill this void by providing both a model and numerous case studies to illustrate how each one of us can manage power to more productive ends

Power, for All is an instant classic: a brilliantly conceived, beautifully written and highly informative guide to the critical but often misunderstood phenomenon of power. Battilana and Casciaro weave together insights from a wide range of research studies - brought to life through compelling stories - to present a profoundly moral case for how to use power to make our world better

In Power, for All , Battilana and Casciaro help us understand that power doesn't always have to destroy and take - it can be used to serve and build; and they show us how to organize in a way that combines our power with others. A necessary work for this cultural moment

In an age when authoritarians are on the rise and freedoms are imperiled, Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro offer a fresh, more hopeful view of how power can be shared by all citizens. Their conclusions, rooted in research and world-wide reporting, show that power can be dirty but in honorable hands, can also be an enormous force for good. This book will be invaluable to anyone asking how to acquire power, how to keep it and how to exercise it for moral purposes

Julie Battilana (Author)
Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organisational Behaviour unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where she is also the founder and faculty chair of the Social Innovation and Change Initiative. She's also a cofounder of the Democratising Work global initiative. She has been featured in media such as NPR, Businessweek , Harvard Business Review , The Guardian , Forbes , The Boston Globe and she's a regular contributor to Le Monde . A native of France, Battilana lives in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Tiziana Casciaro (Author)
Tiziana Casciaro is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Rotman School of Management and the Marcel Desautels Chair in Integrative Thinking at the University of Toronto. Her research has been featured in the Economist , Financial Times , The Washington Post , HuffPost , Harvard Business Review , USA TODAY , Forbes , CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Fortune , and Time . Her awards include the Outstanding Publication in Organisational Behaviour Award of the Academy of Management, and Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 management thinkers in the world most likely to shape the future of how organisations are managed and led. Originally from Italy, Casciaro lives in Toronto, Canada.