![]() Using examples drawn from politics, business, and personal life, Gruenfeld suggests ways in which power can be used for the greater good as well as techniques for avoiding becoming a victim of misused power. For the author, power is as much about connection as control, and it's morally neutral, capable of either good or evil effects depending on the players involved and their goals. Gruenfeld then provides useful ways to break out of our ruts. While the book doesn’t offer the exercises explored by the author's students, it does provide an in-depth examination of the ways we all, consciously or unconsciously, “play high or low” (terms that are more common in a theatrical setting) in our everyday life. Its premise is that trying out roles of either high or low status-e.g., in plays like David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross or Caryl Churchill's Top Girls-can help us understand our own complicated feelings about power. Gruenfeld, a social psychologist, teaches a course that shares a title with her first book. A professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business considers power in the workplace and beyond. ![]()
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