Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In his book entitled Influence by Robert Cialdini he explains that one of the most influential words in the English language is ‘because’. Systems fail to reach their full potential and people become frustrated, which results in pushback, absenteeism, and low productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Assuming you’ve got the basic speaker credentials covered, here are three additional goals to consider: Goal 1: To transition the audience from what they are doing or thinking about, and to focus their attention on the speaker. Goal 2: To show the audience that you personally endorse the credibility of this speaker.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

In Robert Cialdini's iconic book Influence , he showed that if you ask someone to do you a favor, you have better luck when providing a reason; people react positively to the word "because." So keep in mind that your goal is twofold--to get what you ask for and to do it in a way that enables the other person to feel good about helping out.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 6, 2012

The new year is a great time to reflect and set goals to best leverage the clean slate we all share. Influence by Robert Cialdini. The turn of the New Year seems like the perfect breeding ground for lists. From “Best of [last year]” to “Top Trends for [new year]” these lists seem to pop up everywhere. And why not?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

As Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino and her colleagues have noted , “transactional networking” — i.e., “networking with the goal of advancement” — often makes participants feel so bad about themselves, they feel “dirty.” Here’s how to do it successfully.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

I drown my readers and listeners in data, showing beyond a reasonable doubt that reaching goals and mastering skills is about strategy, effort, and persistence, and that these things are learned. Robert Cialdini's Influence and Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational are also filled with strategies of effective persuasion. (My

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In his classic HBR article, " Harnessing the Power of Persuasion " Robert Cialdini outlines a number of variables involved in an individual's ability to influence others.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

One of the most powerful forms of influence, according to psychologist Robert Cialdini’s famous analysis, is authority — often derived from perceived expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Robert Cialdini’s research on commitment and consistency shows that if we publicly commit to a goal we are more likely to honor it because it becomes part of our identity and we dislike operating in ways that contradict that identity. Commit to being better at candor and feedback and share a plan to get there.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

Your goal as a manager should be to identify the incentives that most appeal to your employees, colleagues and bosses and to make them more visceral in their minds. This is a phenomenon Dr. Robert Cialdini calls “directed deference.” The prospect of capturing these things makes us pay attention.

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