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How Do You Influence and Inspire People?

Lead Change Blog

Leaders influence and inspire people to make positive changes. When you’re upbeat and positive, people follow your lead. Include rational arguments, market research, customer surveys, and case studies. Recruit people with credibility to support your position. All leaders have the same goal. Then use these tactics.

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Decision Making Scenarios

Coaching Tip

Do something positive for someone and that person will want to reciprocate some time, some how. Baker says that, "Many people conceive of their business dealings as spot market exchanges--value given for value received, period. Cialdini, author of "The Psychology of Persuasion" (William Morrow, 1993). Reciprocation ( [link] ).

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Getting People to Believe in Something They Can’t Yet Imagine

Harvard Business Review

Traditional influencing theory — as expounded, for example, by Robert Cialdini in Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion — offers “invoking authority” as a way to persuade others to support things that are new to them. PILOT PROJECT: Another of the major methods of persuasion outlined by Robert Cialdini is the “principle of consistency.”

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. One of the most common follow-up questions was, "Ok, so what should I read?".

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. One of the most common follow-up questions was, "Ok, so what should I read?".

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