Negative Hierarchical Power (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798185802229)

Negative Hierarchical Power examines how authority, when exercised without wisdom, accountability, and respect for human dignity, can damage individuals, organizations, and communities. The book explores various manifestations of destructive leadership, including excessive control, commanding rather than leading, verbal intimidation, intrusive authority, poor planning, disregard for subordinates, and policies that exist only in speech rather than practice.

Through practical examples and real-life observations, the book reveals the human, emotional, and organizational costs of power that serves itself rather than the people it is meant to guide. It highlights how fear-based leadership suppresses creativity, weakens trust, lowers morale, and ultimately undermines institutional effectiveness.

More importantly, the book offers a constructive vision for transformation-from power over people to power for people. It advocates servant leadership, ethical decision-making, empathy, accountability, and genuine participation as foundations for healthy organizations. Negative Hierarchical Power is both a critique of abusive authority and a call to create leadership cultures that promote dignity, growth, justice, and the common good.