• Legitimate, or positional, power is based on the position, office, or title held by the leader.
• Every organization or institution is run based on rules, regulations and formalized procedures, which form the basis of legitimate power for people holding certain offices.
• The higher the position or status, the more compliance the leader is able to get from the followers.
• This power comes when subordinates recognize the authority bestowed on the holder of the office.
• A leader with legitimate power gets the compliance of others because they feel that this person has this right, by virtue of position.

Listen to the video above and study the readings given on this page. Focussing on a named institutional leader, explain how he/she exercises legitimate power.

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