If you want to make a serious impact you have to have great presence and gravitas. Having written a great deal over the years on these topic, it occurred to me that I had never focused on the "what not to do." So, enjoy these seven deadly sins of … [Continue reading]
Re-Imagining Your Future
Given all that has happened in the last 18 months, what is coming next in your life? I can't believe there is anyone who has not paused for thought about what the future (now) holds for them. Yet relatively few seem to have done more than ruminate … [Continue reading]
Are You Stuck in a Rut?
If you're stuck in a rut, you're dying, little by little, day by day. The frustration, indecision, fear and anxiety build up first in your mind, then in your body. Stress does things to a body, we all know that. And the longer you are stuck, the … [Continue reading]
Handling Hostile Stakeholders
"Well, I wouldn't exactly call him an enemy, but…" This was a comment I overhead during a workshop when two of my delegates were doing an exercise to analyse the position of a stakeholder. For me, it sparked a chain of events that have shaped the … [Continue reading]
Carpe Diem: Seize the Day
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying” Robert Herrick, Poet, 1591-1674 Last year I wrote Opportunity of a Lifetime? Have you taken it yet? You see, … [Continue reading]
Navigating Different Power Structures
Power comes in many forms. In Influential Leadership I explored seven sources of power that people use to influence others. These need to be recognised in any group or individual that you wish to influence, because it will give you clues as to what … [Continue reading]
Will Your Influence Profile Change Over Time?
You can complete the Influence Profile, but will the result change over a period of time? Here's my answer. … [Continue reading]
Avoiding Distracting Behaviour
Once you become familiar with the behaviours in the Influence Profile, you can start to remove the distraction, both you being distracted by others, and also you distracting others with your own behaviour. … [Continue reading]
Exploring the Implications of Different Styles
Here are the snippets from a fascinating Let's Talk session on Behaviours that Distract. It was a good long session, and was difficult to clip out the participants voices, but I think what we have here will serve very well in the absence of being … [Continue reading]
Quick Overview of the Influence Profile
Here is a quick introduction to the Influence Profile dimensions, and also an explanation of how the scoring work. … [Continue reading]
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