Table 5-2 summarizes nine influence tactics and their consequences. If you look at this table and its implications, it can serve as a basis for further personal reflection or it can prompt your own, perhaps more practical, thoughts on the role of influence for the successful leader. You may find that the discussion of influence in Chapter 5 has a close link to the ideas found in the influence book. The author organizes a great deal of negative information under the heading of llThe Dark Side of Power...". What accounts for power corru ption? Also, it is important here to reflect on what you personally consider ethical and unethical behavior - some would argue that leadership puts increased demands on an individual for making ethical decisions. Regardless, a leader makes decisions for multiple people and a leader also models behavior both inside and outside the organization. The chapter concludes with an extended discussion of empowerment. Are there some general statements that one can make about empowerment - such as what does it do or how is it practiced