Elizabeth Cormwell is the daughter of Franklin Cornwell the grandson of Benjamin David Cornwell, the founder of Corrwell Corporation. In 1912, Benjamin David Cornwell founded the Cormwell Corporation, a transportation company, in Boston, MA, and its fleet consisted of a single truck Cormwell Corporation grew its fleet from a single delivery truck to a multinational corporation. Because of his strong leadership style. Benjamin David Cormwell gained the trust and respect of his employees, the government, the public and Cornwells competitors. In fact, during WWII Cormvell Corporation helped the US military in its shipments to Europe. Benjamin David Cornwell remained the CEO and President of Cormwell Corporation until 1977. He retired at the age of 85 and his son. Franklin Cormwell took over Cornwell’s leadership and implemented new policies to meet his vision of growth and sustainability. Although Franklin pad a different leadership style than his father, he contlinued to drive Cornwells success and growth for decades. In fact, Cornwell Corporation expanded its line of work and added multiple new business under its umbrella. When Franklin decided to stepdown, he named his daughter Elizabeth to take control of Cormwell Corporation.Clizabeth’s education and academic background is excellent. Elizabeth graduated law school top of her class and she is licensed to practice law in MA, NY and CA. Elizabeth has a Ph.D. in Constitutional law. Soon after she became the new CEO of Cornwell Corporation, Elizabeth started to make radical changes to the company:
What is the likely power base Elizabeth is using to influence others?
reward power
Wegitimate power
relerent power
coercive power
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