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Build a Simple System to Achieve Success

Coaching Tip

Every return to the basics will deepen your understanding of the entire subject or system. . Cialdini, author of The Psychology of Persuasion (William Morrow, 1993). Baker says that, "Many people conceive of their business dealings as spot market exchanges--value given for value received, period. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Six Principles of Persuasion for Leaders

Lead on Purpose

Many studies have been done about the science of persuasion, and Robert Cialdini is perhaps one of the most respected experts in the field. He has distilled persuasion in to 6 principles that have been widely adopted in the field of marketing. With these short principles of persuasion, we hope to put those experiences in the past.

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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.”