Harvard Business Review and authors Tom Brady and Nitin Nohria published an article this week summarizing seven unique #leadership behaviors that Tom (not on a first-name basis, yet!) leveraged during his NFI days to drive historic performance.

There is an additional layer that is worth considering and that we can also learn from #Influence is a positive way to affect others’ thoughts, behavior, or opinions (not to be confused with manipulation, which is a negative way to control or influence others). Researchers John French and Bertram Raven defined five sources of social power in 1959, which leaders still use today to influence others. I’d suggest that Tom Brady successfully employed all five sources of power during his time in the NFL and, seemingly now, in his future business endeavors, which augments his leadership.

Five sources of power to influence.
– Reward power: The ability to reward an individual with something they want
– Coercive power: The power to deny someone what they want
– Expert power: The power bestowed on someone based on their performance and reputation
– Referent power: The power exercised by an individual when their followers can connect or identify due to admiration or respect
– Legitimate power: The power an individual derives from their position in the hierarch

https://hbr.org/2024/09/tom-brady-on-the-art-of-leading-teammates