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Increase Your Influence – Stop Talking!

Lead Change Blog

If your life was a silent film, could the people in the audience discern your influence? It’s also good for us to remember that the most powerful way to increase our own influence as leaders is through not talking. You increase your influence through listening. Increase your influence by saying less.

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What You’re Reading So Far: The Most Read Leadership Articles of 2023

Let's Grow Leaders

Most Read Let’s Grow Leaders Leadership Articles of 2023 (First Half) If you’re a regular reader, you know we’ve been doing significant research, writing a new book, and developing and testing new techniques and tools to help you navigate challenging workplace conflicts.

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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

But this wasn’t the film itself. It was a documentary on the making of the movie, all about the lengths that then 27-year-old wunderkind Steven Spielberg and his crew went to in creating a film that would define the summer blockbuster. One could, perhaps, cite these influences as dings against Ford’s and Spielberg’s creativity.

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Sharing My Dream to Help You Achieve Yours

Next Level Blog

And, now, this week, after 18 months of intensive development, I’m realizing a long-held dream of casting the net of coaching leaders to their next level even wider with the release of our online self-directed coaching course, Next Level Leader: A Proven Plan to Increase Your Influence and Impact.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. The lack of skill development and leadership development among Generation Y affects every generation.

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What Your Attitude Needs Is A Swift Kick in the Butt…

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development I hate being around “downers.” Not only is the glass “half empty” to them, but they would be quick to add, “My glass is chipped, it has a greasy film on it, the water is lukewarm and hey, I wanted tea, not water!” ” You know the kind I’m talking about.

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The Signs Of Provocative Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Influence is already baked into the word itself. But to be effective a leader’s influence needs to be noticed and considered. I was recently in a meeting with the leadership development director of a large manufacturing company. The topic was the company’s leadership development training program.