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The Secret Button for Getting Your Ideas Approved

Strategy Driven

Chief Financial Officer: “We should enter the Italian and German markets because we can generate $XMM in incremental profits.”. Chief Marketing Officer: “We should enter the Italian and German markets because we can increase our European market share by X%.”. I’m tailoring it based upon who I’m trying to influence.

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The Most Important Negotiation in Your Life

Harvard Business Review

Learning to communicate well and to influence other people are essential skills in business. At the start of my leadership development programs, I ask people for examples of "negotiating with yourself." To help people develop in their leadership and in their lives, I honed in on a small set of those hundreds of faces.