This presents those of us who are in positions of power with a dilemma. How do you cultivate a sense of dependency when you are, in the worldly sense, a powerful and independent person? Elevated status is often seen as a reward for self-reliance and an escape from dependency. The great temptation of leaders is to distance ourselves from dependency. Leaders who rely on and seek to maintain their superior status are loath to acknowledge weakness, let alone lower the power-distance gap by assuming—as