<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The proper question for power is what it makes... > The proper question for power is what it makes possible for other people. Authority becomes leadership when it turns private knowledge into public competence, opens meaningful participation, and builds successors capable of independent judgment. **Source:** [[livestreams/Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Workbook|Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The proper question for power is what it makes possible for other people. Authority becomes leadership when it turns private knowledge into public competence, opens meaningful participation, and builds successors capable of independent judgment.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-proper-question-power-capable-independent-judgment ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->