Far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Whoever knows how to restrain and effectively release power finds that power flow back to him." This quote attributed to the famous president of Yale University, A. Bartlett Giamatti, is a good illustration that a truly effective leader needs the following competence: The ability to keep internal order and avoid conflicts The ability to obtain the consent of subordinates The ability to make subordinates conform with the fact that someone has to be on the "top of the ladder." The ability to make subordinates more attentive to the subtleties of your authority The ability to get compliance from subordinates