Private Insights on Influence

13 Questions to Ask Your Advocates

Getting someone in your network to the position of Advocate can take quite a bit of hard work. Building the relationship, creating trust and demonstrating value can take months, if not years. Of course, that presupposes premeditated action — it is more likely that you...

Leading Your Team with the Stakeholder Influence Process

We’ve already covered how to use the process when managing individuals, now let’s talk about how you can leverage it with your whole team. The outline approach below usually yields three key benefits. Firstly, it helps to identify clearly what each...