Elizabeth Cornwell is the daughter of Franklin Cornwell the grandson of Benjamin David Cornwell, the founder of Cornwell Corporation. In 1912, Benjamin David Cornwell founded the Cornwell Corporation, a transportation company, in Boston, MA, and its fleet consisted of a single truck Cornwell Corporation grew its fleet from a single delivery truck to a multinational corporation. Because of his strong leadership style, Benjamin David Cornwell gained the trust and respect of his employees, the government, the public and Cornwell’s competitors. In fact, during WWII Cornwell Corporation helped the US military in its shipments to Europe. Benjamin David Cornwell remained the CEO and President of Cornwell Corporation until 1977. He retired at the age of 85 and his son, Franklin Cornwell took over Cornwell’s leadership and implemented new policies to meet his vision of growth and sustainability. Although Franklin had a different leadership style than his father, he continued to drive Cornwell’s 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 Cornwell Corporation,Elizabeth’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
legitimate power
referent power
expert power
coercive power
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