An éminence grise is a person with close ties to key decisionmakers who is able to secretly assert considerable soft power while personally remaining beyond public awareness and scrutiny. Generally, such positions are found in roles which are either honored by the general public or personally respected by people in power. In either case, if you wish to exert this kind of "bargaining power" without actually having to bargain, you will likely have to earn your reputation in a respectable capacity in order to gain confidence.

This kind of reputation is hard to earn, and it is easy to lose if your motives and actions are exposed as dubious.
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