Legitimate Power

1. Legitimate power

This type of power comes from the belief that a person has a formal right to make demands.

For example, a CFO has legitimate power over an intern working for them, as they are higher in the organisational ranks.

While we can’t always choose our titles and organisational hierarchy in our workplaces, we can choose the kind of project management post-nominals we want after our name (PMP, PMI-ACP, CAPM, to name a few).

These letters after your name give you legitimate power that translates to real career improvements.