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Influencing Others At Work

Gaining influence over others does not increase autonomy. Moving up the greasy pole in the office does not make people feel more personally free, new research has shown. Source 2i.

Work Others Influencing

I'm not sure I agree with the assessment that a lack of personal power equates to a lack of social power. Back in my Army days in our leadership manuals they talked abut formal and informal chains of command. The informal one is where soldiers use their social influence to have other soldiers do things, even though they have little personal power. It was real and it existed and we either used it to help or had to crush it when the informal chain was detrimental due to someone or a group being subversive to good order and discipline.