Which Style of Influence Is Best?

As you start to learn about the different styles of influence, it is quite natural to begin to think about which one will give you the greatest benefit when you attempt to influence people yourself. On workshops, my standard response to this question is that the best...

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How to Influence: The Ultimate Secret

The only reason it is a secret is that you have probably forgotten it, or it has become lost in the mass of knowledge and skills you have accumulated. It is not profound or clever — it is actually simple and easy to understand. If you remember it and keep it at the...

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Exercise: Assessing Your Own Influencing Style

Use this exercise to gain a better understanding of where you perceive your preferences to be. This is particularly useful if the online questionnaire is not part of your development, or perhaps as preparation for the workshop. Refer to the [intlink id="3426"...

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Exercise: Influence Style Clues and Evidence

A good way of developing your understanding of the different types of behaviour is to consider what clues might suggest that someone else is either favouring or avoiding each dimension. Clues can be divided into four areas: Voice. Often the pitch, pace, and tone of...

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Behavioural Summary of the Influence Profile

Below you will find the high-level behavioural descriptors for each dimension of the influence profile. People will generally prefer to either avoid or favour the behaviours in each dimension, but they will do this to varying degrees. The descriptors below are...

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Scoring and the Influence Profile

When you have completed the questionnaire, each dimension used in the profile will have a score between 0 and 15. When looking at the result, the scores have the following implications… Score Implications 0 - 3 Extremely Low Score: Indications are likely to be...

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