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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference

Marshall Goldsmith

In many ways, influencing ultimate decision makers is similar to selling products or services to external customers. No one is impressed with salespeople who blame their customers for not buying their products. Former Harvard Professor Chris Argyris pointed out how “upward feedback” often turns into “upward buck-passing”.

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