Private Insights on Influence

Deciding on Your Purpose

This text is taken from the original draft manuscript of Influential Leadership: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done and is provided here to enrich your learning on the Strategic Influencer Programme.   Having explored the nature of the arena you wish to...

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Exploring Your Leadership Purpose

This text is taken from the original draft manuscript of Influential Leadership: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done and is provided here to enrich your learning on the Strategic Influencer Programme.   You need to define your purpose in a manner which is...

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A Graduate Lesson in Influence

My work gets me talking to all sorts of people, facing all manner of challenges. One of my recent mini-consultations got me talking to Jessica, a graduate in her first job. Personally, I believe that many people twice her age need to pay heed to the simple ideas I...

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Mapping Your Stakeholders

Having a list of stakeholders is a good start; but to get a sense of the priorities, you need to understand their position relative to your Influencing Goal and to each other. That way you can begin to see the bigger picture and develop a clear strategy to accelerate...

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Colin Gautrey on Influential Leadership

[intlink id="419" type="page"]Colin Gautrey[/intlink] has now joined an elite group of experts on influence featured in the Skillsoft range of corporate training videos. These experts include Dr. Robert Cialdini (Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion), Dr. Jeffrey...

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Remote / Virtual Influence

These days, more and more people need to be able to influence people remotely, or virtually. Because of the geographical spread of many teams, this is an remote influence is an increasingly important skill to acquire. For instance, how to: Influence people virtually...

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