Private Insights on Influence

How to Develop Your Influencing Style

Here is a selection of resources that will help you to benefit from the Influence Profile and begin to adapt your behaviour for better relationships.   Exercise: Understanding Your Influence Profile Report   Key Principles of the Influence Profile How to...

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Exercise: Developing Your Influencing Style

The ability to flex your influencing style up and down each of the dimensions is very useful if you want to become more influential. This is sometimes easier said than done and it really helps if you can make it as comfortable to achieve as possible. Reflect on your...

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Exercise: Understanding Your Influence Profile Report

The questions that follow have been designed to help you understand your Influence Profile in more depth so that you make good decisions about which skills to develop further. It is quite likely that your facilitator will work through these with you; however, it would...

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Are You a Bully? Are You Sure You Aren’t?

Hmmm, what are you doing here ― reading this? If you’ve been attracted by the title of this, there is a fair chance you may have a nagging feeling that something may be wrong. I’d also guess that you are generally a caring sort of person too, full of great intentions...

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Are You Too Nice to Get Ahead?

Many people rising through the ranks gain their success and promotion by getting the best out of others. Motivating, encouraging and, well, being nice. They consider the goals and dreams of others and find ways of harmonising their own goals with others' so they can...

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Key Principles of the Influence Profile

The Gautrey Influence Profile is highly effective at helping people to learn how they prefer to influence. This awareness leads to decisions about when and how to adapt their behaviour to suit a particular stakeholder. It helps them to learn how to become more...

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