Editing Perception management (section)

=== Leadership ===
People can use perception management as a way to positively enhance their [[leadership]] abilities. A person's ability to manage perceptions is what sets great leaders apart. What people – followers – appraise as effectiveness and ability as a leader becomes their perception, which then becomes reality. Unmanaged perceptions of a person's followers create a reality opposite to what was wanted.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Russell, Jeffery S.|title=Are You Managing Perception?|journal=Leadership and Management in Engineering|date=April 2001|volume=1|issue=2|page=2|type=Editor's Letter|doi=10.1061/(ASCE)1532-6748(2001)1:2(2)|doi-access=free}}</ref>