Dic: leverage (one of its meanings as a noun)

• His function as a Mayor affords him the leverage to get things done through attending committee meetings.
• "started his . . . career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

1. N-UNCOUNT | Leverage is the ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens.

2. Positional advantage; power to act effectively.

.... Cobuild, The American Heritage