What you’re describing is essentially power as a means to an end (e.g. value creation). There’s nothing wrong with that in my book. But the OP (or McClelland w

What you’re describing is essentially power as a means to an end (e.g. value creation). There’s nothing wrong with that in my book. But the OP (or McClelland who is cited in the OP) is more about power as an end in itself. That’s something very different, and IMHO very detrimental.