This series of articles has focused on helping you to become more influential. Since this is the penultimate article, this is an important question to ask. My hope is that as you have been reading and digesting each article., and, as you have been … [Continue reading]
Article Summary of Building Reputations

This series of articles has been created to you to build your reputation, both in your current organisation, and beyond. Here is a summary of the articles for your convenience. Building Reputations in Tough Organisations … [Continue reading]
Leveraging Greater Power
Mustering power in complex environments is the essence of and the successful implementation of political campaigns (which were covered in the last article, ). Power needs to be a serious consideration at the strategic planning stage. A strategy, on … [Continue reading]
Making an Impression
Making a good impression is vital when it comes to influence. Most people hope they have made a positive impact on those they meet. As covered elsewhere, the more positively people are thinking about you, the more likely they are to be amenable to … [Continue reading]
Extending Your Reputational Reach
Now, as we approach the end of this series of articles, it occurs to me that I have missed a rather obvious part of this development theme. How could your reputational ambitions extend beyond your organisation? This is important because it can enable … [Continue reading]
Political Campaign Planning
To really make things happen as a leader, especially in complex environments, you have to invest heavily in winning the hearts and minds of important stakeholders. Adopting a campaign approach will help you to step up from tactical influencing into … [Continue reading]
Underlying Principles of How Influence Works
If you want to become more influential, it really helps if you know the how, and the why, of influence. That way you can economise on your work as an influencer, and gain a great deal more influence. At its most basic, influence is about causing … [Continue reading]
Building Greater Tenacity
Tough organisations have a tendency to grind you down. The complexity, pressure, conflicting agendas, politics and bureaucracy all combine to make rapid progress extremely difficult. I don't know what your reputational ambitions are; however, I'm … [Continue reading]
How Influence Works for You
An important key to influence is being able to notice before you attempt to influence what is likely to motivate someone to want to do what you want them to do. An easy way to begin learning more about motivations is to look inwardly at how and why … [Continue reading]
How to Influence Groups
In complex leadership arenas you do not have the time to influence everyone directly. That is why you need to get very efficient and working out how to influence groups. When you can do this, you can reap the economic rewards by gaining even more … [Continue reading]
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