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Expert power

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounCommon term

In management & leadership, expert power means: Influence arising from others' belief that a person has relevant knowledge or skill.

In Turkish: uzmanlık gücü

How it is used

Use when expertise is the source of influence; a specialist may have expert power without managerial authority.

Example sentences

  1. Her expert power came from years of solving the plant's most difficult technical problems.

    Others accept guidance because they trust relevant competence.

  2. The new software reduced his expert power because more colleagues could interpret the data themselves.

    Influence can change when scarce knowledge becomes widely accessible.

Common collocations

  • exercise expert power
  • source of expert power
  • authorityThe official power or right to make decisions, give instructions and use resources, usually linked to a person's role in an organisation.
  • leadershipThe ability to guide a group of people towards a shared goal, and the act of doing so, through example, influence and clear direction rather than authority alone.

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