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Three Essential Rules for Influencing Your Colleagues

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One of the big differences between leaders who shape the bigger picture for a company and those that hit a ceiling and stay stuck in their functional roles is that the big picture leaders are way better at influencing their colleagues. Relationships Count – You can’t influence people you don’t know.

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How to Lead with Influence Instead of Authority

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That means that leaders who rely on exercising influence in a matrix will be more effective than those that rely on exercising authority in a hierarchy. Influence vs. authority is not a new distinction by any means; I just think it’s going to be more important going forward. Again, it’s the difference between authority and influence.

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Three Ways to Increase Your Influence

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Even for the most powerful leaders (think of the President of the United States for instance) getting stuff done is more often about influence than it is authority. Leadership Lessons Personal Presence audio Getting Ahead Influence Joel Garfinkle leadership' Click headline to continue.

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If You’re Only Transmitting You’re Not Influencing

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To inspire and influence others to action, you have to know and address what they care about. Identify Representative Stakeholders : The groups of people you’re trying to inspire or influence are made up of real human beings with hopes, fears, wants and needs. Before you can have the inspiration, you’ve got to have the conversation.

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Five Ways to Build Your Strategic Muscles

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How do they influence and inform your long-term vision? What can your company do to help them leverage their goals and opportunities, and mitigate their concerns and threats? Look for the threads and patterns in those conversations.

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Three Ways to Increase Your Influence

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One of my favorite lines is that it’s important to understand the difference between what should be and what is. Stop for a few moments and think about how often that line applies in real life.

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Change at the Top: How to Succeed with a New Boss

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What they’re typically more concerned about losing is the power and influence they’ve accumulated. So, third, there’s usually a period of time when they spend a good bit of energy strategizing about how they can keep that power and influence. That’s understandable but it’s almost always the wrong move.

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