The main principle here is that you need to find a way to keep going – or perhaps many ways to keep going. If you’ve got this far in the book, you’re already demonstrating motivation; but where will this energy and enthusiasm be in a couple of months’ time? When the...
The Stakeholder Influence Process is not a one-off event. It should be reviewed and refreshed regularly until you have achieved your goal, or the goal is no longer critical for your valuable time and attention. There are two main ways to do a review… A [intlink...
For this type of review, remind yourself of the steps in the process of Stakeholder Influence Process and choose one step to focus your review on. It could be that you notice one step which is causing you problems in your progress, or could hold strong opportunities...
Here you focus on what has been happening, what you have been learning and what you need to do differently to accelerate progress during the next period of implementation. These questions will quickly help you to find new ways to boost your progress… What progress...
Politics is an inevitable feature of organisational life when you realise that the various definitions all lead to the behaviours people use when they seek to influence. These definitions are neutral when it comes to intent or agenda, so those with the best interests...
There has been a great deal of research done over the last few decades on influence, which has yielded some fascinating insights into how to engage with your stakeholders. Dr. Cecilia Falbe and her colleagues compiled and researched a range of distinct tactics which...