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Great Books That Grow You: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Rich Gee Group

Unpacking the Science Behind How We're Convinced and How to Use It Ethically As social creatures, we often seek shortcuts to navigate our complex world. Robert Cialdini examines these mental shortcuts and identifies six universal principles that influence our decision-making process.

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6 Lessons On Creating a Lasting Influence

QAspire

How could a man with no formal authority take on an empire and influence the hearts and minds of so many people across the country? Gandhi’s impact is a testimony to the fact that you don’t need positional power to influence others. Every time I think of influence, I think of Gandhi. How does one generate influence?

Influence 181
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Nailing It: How Historys Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together

Leading Blog

Specifically, he looks at the influences like education, parents, friends, and events in the world that helped them make the choices they made. Clearly, newspaper publishing, a strong work ethic, and entrepreneurship were in Roberto’s DNA, but was it enough? He knew what was expected of him: to fill his father’s shoes.

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EDI approaches that go ‘Beyond Buzzwords’

Chartered Management Institute

To drive change, the report proposes professional and regulatory bodies can raise the bar for accountable, ethical professions with respect to EDI. It also includes further recommendations, categorised by audience, for organisations involved in this research, policymakers, employers, and individual professionals.

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3 Reasons You Should Listen to Those Pesky Millennials

Lead Change Blog

She stood up, took the microphone that was offered her, looked over the audience surrounding her, then turned to me and said, “Those pesky millennials.”. You’ve certainly known employees who have been around forever, but lack influence and excellence. Coach them on how to have influence with their coworkers. Work Ethic. “I

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Motivation: To Do or Not to Do

Leading Blog

As with all knowledge that enables you to be highly persuasive, you have a responsibility to apply this information ethically and with utmost integrity. His new book is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal #1 Best Seller Ignite a Shift: Engaging Minds, Guiding Emotions and Driving Behavior (Morgan James Publishing, July 2022).

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Smarten Up: Hone Your EQ Edge

The Practical Leader

Off Balance: High IQ Leaders Often Have Lower EQ Many of our audience and workshop participants are STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) specialists who have been promoted to management positions because of their technical expertise. The results clearly show the enormous emotional impact of the leader.