This is not about sucking-up or brown-nosing, this involves making shrewd choices about where you invest your time and energy building relationships. Powerful people are always on the lookout for talented people who may be able to help them. Early in your career,...
From the statements you developed in the last article (if you didn't I would strongly advise you do this now, click [intlink id="4517" type="post"]here[/intlink]), it is now necessary to simplify them so that you can return your focus to getting the work done. These...
For a reputation to be really useful it has to be distinctive in the environment where it needs to do its work. This raises a vital question, what do you want your reputation to be? What reputation will precede you and create useful expectations in the minds of your...
On the stakeholder map you need to consider each individual and their position on the map relative to two axis… Relationship… Trust. To what extent do they trust you and do you trust them? Openness. How much are they willing to disclose sensitive information?...
For my book, [intlink id="4397" type="post"]Influential Leadership[/intlink], I have reflected deeply on the subject of power sources and developed a new way of thinking about power. The aim is to make power more readily understood so that it can become more useful to...
A couple of weeks ago I was at a conference where one of the key challenges the delegates were facing in their organisations was not being understood. They were struggling with gaining buy-in from their senior colleagues to the contribution that they were making, and...