Connections Power Explained
Extract from Influential Leadership: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done
Position Power Explained
Extract from Influential Leadership: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done
The roles you play and how you manoeuvre yourself into the limelight.
To become powerful it certainly helps to get yourself into a good position. Position means much more that simply being given a particular role or title by your organisation, even though this type of position is the most understood and easy to recognise. Beyond this, you have people who are given temporary Read MorePresence Power Explained
Extract from Influential Leadership: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done
The impact you create and the feelings you stimulate when people meet you.
Much is made these days of Executive Presence, and with good cause – because it is a source of considerable power and influence. It is usually described vaguely as a collection of characteristics which combine to create and aura around the executive making them immediately noticeable. When they glide into the room, everyone immediately feels and responds to their presence. When it comes to becoming powerful as a leader Read MoreCharacter Power Explained
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The underlying traits, values and beliefs which shape your behaviour.
It is difficult to estimate how influential strength of character is, but it is big. It compliments credibility well and if you have generous amounts of both, you're well on your way to becoming very powerful and influential. In effect, this is concerned with your internal world and how it Read MoreCredibility Power Explained
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The power derived from your professional standing and expertise.
Credibility is the reliance awarded to someone based on trust and perceived expertise on the topic being considered. When making decisions, most people get input from others and they have to decide how much reliance to place on that input. Information from highly credible sources are more likely to be accepted at Read MoreGuilty of Annoying Your Stakeholders?
You are busy, and so are your stakeholders.
Getting them on board with your ideas, liaising with them to resolve issues, all takes time. It also helps a great deal if you get on well with them. Effective working relationships smooth over the inevitable problems and challenges that need to be dealt with.
Trouble is, it is far too easy to irritate them.
You are in a hurry and time is of the essence. But, as you push things forward, try to make sure and avoid these common irritants. Read More
Stakeholders: Natural Born Liars
No, I don't believe this to be the case, but you have to admit, sometimes it seems that way doesn't it?
In any complex political environment (or rather, in any large organisation), you need to get to the bottom of what your stakeholders are thinking. Unless you can get the truth from them, you'll be shooting in the dark with your work, plans and proposals. You can't even solve problems unless they tell you the full story behind their reservations or resistance.
Knowing this, when you've hit an issue or a problem, you rightly make the approach and ask the questions. Sometimes Read More
Individual Analysis
The purpose of this exercise is to delve deeper into the individuals who have a major influence within groups and around your work. The idea is to record your initial knowledge and look for gaps that need to be closed.
For each of the headings, record a few sentences In total aim for between 750 and 1000 words for each individual you are analysing.
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Group Analysis Example
To give you more of a feel for what we mean by group analysis and the level of detail that is useful, below is an example. It is not complete, but hopefully as you read you will begin to get a feel for what the group is all about and how it is working.
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An Audience with Your New Boss
Bosses generally don't tend to stick around too long these days, and those who do, you probably wish they didn't.
Frequently, bosses, being ambitious types, get promoted or move on to more exciting opportunities. That's if they are good. If they are not so clever, they get fired or choose to spend more time with their family.
Regardless of why they go, their departure means that you are going to have a new boss to work for.
People commonly approach this event with a Read More
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