This exercise is designed to get you thinking about the amount of personal power you currently have. By focusing your attention here, you will begin to notice more things which make you powerful. It is common for people to be unaware of the things … [Continue reading]
Personal Power Word Examples
To stimulate your thinking about power, and what personal power you and others have, I like to use these words which are all related to how people influence. Some you will like, others you will hate. It is less about your personal taste and more … [Continue reading]
Building Personal Power
In another article, we explained the different — the assets you own and the skills that you have. It is important to remember the point about the assets being the short cut to influence because of the time benefit you can achieve. For instance, … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Understanding the Politics at Work
Organisations are full of people who are attempting to play politics at work as they try to influence each other. Some are seeking to help people, while others are driven by self-interest. Although the tactics are often the same, the level of honesty … [Continue reading]
Dirty Tricks and Office Politics
If you feel bad about office politics that go on around you, you are certainly not alone. In any group of more than one, people will be trying to influence each other and some people use less savoury tactics or dirty tricks, in order to get their … [Continue reading]
Influencing Skills: The Seven Dimensions of Influence
The Influencing Skills Survey is a self-assessment and 360° feedback tool used to determine the level of influencing skills you are demonstrating. It is based on research by Colin Gautrey and contains 42 different skills which were found to be … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Influencing Skills Development Priorities
If you are interested in becoming more influential, you can use the explored in the Influencing Skills Survey to focus you attention where it will yield the greatest result. There is no point spending lots of time developing a skill if you it will … [Continue reading]
Interpreting Your Influencing Skills Report
If you have a report, you will see that it is fairly self-explanatory. It has been designed to be easy to understand, yet a few things are worth explaining. Each of the 42 items has been scored between 0 and 5 to gauge the level of agreement … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Organisational Risks and Opportunities
This is another opportunity to stimulate your thinking about the risks and opportunities that might have an impact on what you are working on. Unless you have a clear view (albeit perhaps a little vague), you will keep your head down and try to … [Continue reading]
Exercise: Risk and Opportunity Action
Without doubt, this is probably the key skill which will save you from making big mistakes in the project and influence game. This exercise will help you to understand what your options are based on the risks you face and perhaps, the opportunities … [Continue reading]
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