For a number of reasons I do not accept public comments on my blog. It is not because I don’t want to hear from you — I definitely want to engage with you as you are growing in influence. Here is one example which I am sharing with you exactly as … [Continue reading]
Identifying Powerful Stakeholders
In , you will have begun to lay out the groups within your organisational environment, with a natural emphasis on those which are more closely connected with your purpose. , will have helped you to analyse individual groups. A progression on this is … [Continue reading]
Adapting Your Style of Influence
As you grow up and experience the world you begin to learn what works and what does not work. When you find something that works, you will tend to repeat it until such time as it is proven conclusively that it no longer works for you. This is how … [Continue reading]
Assessing Your Network: Nine Factor Analysis
To begin with, it’s a race for the numbers. If you have no network, how can you have any friends? This is true on Social Media and offline. Unless you have people to talk to you are not going to be able to develop quality … [Continue reading]
Preparing to Persist
A few articles ago I pointed out that one of the most common influencing mistakes is . Allied to that is another mistake ― giving up too easily. Many people can think through situations, develop great strategies and even begin to put them into … [Continue reading]
Alternative Influencing Tactics
Most people bowl into influencing with their tried and tested techniques, without thinking about how suitable they may be to the individual about to be influenced and the situation they are in. In the last article, I alluded to making a definite … [Continue reading]
Safeguarding Your Reputation Building
As you begin to create a disturbance with your reputation building, others may become uncomfortable with the change in the way you are operating. The status quo has gone, and they may be more, or less, happy with the new challenge you are … [Continue reading]
Ruffling Feathers and Due Diligence
In the last article () I alluded to the idea that you need to step into your new reputation as soon as possible, and begin to live it. This means you will begin to do things differently and start to appear as a slightly different person. … [Continue reading]
A Healthy Dose of Obsession
Obsession is frequently defined along the lines of: “The domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire.” If you want to build a reputation, becoming a little obsessive about it is a good thing. The trouble with most … [Continue reading]
Preparing to Influence Others
No amount of strategy can avoid the need at some point to actually do some influencing. Okay, you may have developed a great strategy which involves getting others to do the heavy lifting; however, you still have to influence them in the first place. … [Continue reading]
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