162 Shaping Influences Make You
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Your parents are the first shaping influence in your life. Everything you will become began with others. Many others followed.
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How Do You Influence and Inspire People?
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 14, 2021
Leaders influence and inspire people to make positive changes. Creating innovative frames influences people to consider new ways of looking at what’s possible. Sometimes it’s the best way to influence a person to take action. “ Some are influenced by the hard data—facts, statistics, and logical conclusions. Who will you influence and inspire today? . The post How Do You Influence and Inspire People? All leaders have the same goal.
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Want Better Influence at Work? Avoid These Communication Mistakes
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 22, 2021
3 Communication Mistakes That Sabotage Your Influence and Impact When it comes to having better influence at work, words matter. Of course, WHAT you say will instantly influence your credibility and impact. The post Want Better Influence at Work?
Influence: Never Underestimate Your Impact
General Leadership
MARCH 13, 2019
The post Influence: Never Underestimate Your Impact appeared first on General Leadership. Curator Posts Friendship Impact influence john michel RegretGeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link].
Positive Influence: The Leader Who Helps People Become Their Best Self
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 18, 2021
According to Michael and Glenn Parker, there are four types of positive influence leaders, and we can all leverage the strengths of each to become the type of leader who helps people become their best self.
Want Better Influence at Work? Avoid These Communication Mistakes
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 22, 2021
3 Communication Mistakes That Sabotage Your Influence and Impact. When it comes to having better influence at work, words matter. Of course, WHAT you say will instantly influence your credibility and impact. Weak words sabotaged her influence.
Use Your Influence To Inspire A New Generation Of Leaders
Tanveer Naseer
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Using your influence to build. One of the hallmarks of a great leader is their ability to raise up and inspire a new generation of leaders. They don’t hoard their talent, instead they look for opportunities to invest in others and they find ways to mentor and produce new leaders.
What Your Organization Really Needs from You: Influence and Impact
Leading Blog
JUNE 21, 2021
L EADERS in today’s multinational, matrixed, diverse business world have impact through their ability to influence others. When you have that kind of influence with others, the results begin to speak for themselves.
Communicate Effectively to Influence and Lead
CoachStation
MAY 12, 2020
Through practice, when we communicate well, there is feeling of power and influence. Purpose influences action and improvement. The post Communicate Effectively to Influence and Lead appeared first on CoachStation. The benefits of developing your communicating skills are many.
How to Influence others at Work
Career Advancement
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” Perception and visibility are the two pillars supporting influence. In other words, they’re prerequisites for cultivating influence over others at work. Learn how to influence your peers.
Increase Your Influence – Stop Talking!
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2017
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. Getting comfortable with silence and using it properly will help you build relationships, trust, and influence. Increase your influence by saying less.
How to Scale Your Leadership for Bigger Influence and Results
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 2, 2021
Or, maybe you’re leading a fast-growing start-up, and it’s no longer feasible to have the direct influence you once had with every employee and customer. “Laura” (the person I had left in charge) just doesn’t have the influence you do.
5 Powerful Amplifiers of Influence
Leadership Freak
MAY 11, 2020
The channel of influence is relationship. I asked people to finish a sentence like, “My mom is reflected in… Continue reading → Influence Leadership Development leadership successThe channel of compliance is power. The people around us seep into our lives.
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Why Influencers Are Vital To Your Brand
Strategy Driven
JANUARY 17, 2022
The reason that social media marketing is becoming so popular is with the rise of the influencer. Influencers offer people a trusted opinion – it’s like peer reviews on a much larger scale. Influencers aren’t just celebrities who won the latest competition.
The Starting Point for Greater Influence
Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 23, 2021
If so, you are striving for greater influence. When you have greater influence, you have greater confidence, you are less stressed, and will likely be more productive. The post The Starting Point for Greater Influence appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Influence is Easy – Just Drop a Few Hints
Leadership Freak
MAY 5, 2021
My wife ordered new tubes and safely stored all the metal parts… Continue reading → Communication Influence Leading influence attitudes positive suggestionsA bear demolished our bird feeders. Plastic tubes and suet cages offer little resistance.
Disruptive Influencer
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 7, 2017
In today’s terms, King Solomon would be the wealthiest man alive; his control and influence would have a global reach, his wisdom unmatched. Investing in all those he was responsible for created a level of influence that changed the world. ” Years ago the first Disruptive Influencer changed it all by submitting to his God. This post is part of our 2017 Lead Change Group Guest Blogger Series. Today we are pleased to introduce you to Craig Marek.
The 4 Origins of Influence
Lead Change Blog
JULY 27, 2018
If you influence others, I can think of four possible origins. Many can influence our behavior because they have a position. You see many today resisting traditional positional influence. Influence based on power is a close second on the leadership food chain. When we grant someone the ability to influence us because they have more power, we’re saying their historical influence is a reason to allow them to influence us.
Authentic Leadership: 5 Big Mistakes that Can Derail Your Influence
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 4, 2021
But, they don’t do much to build a leader’s influence, reputation or impact. The post Authentic Leadership: 5 Big Mistakes that Can Derail Your Influence appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Impactful authentic leadership requires careful judgment and context.
How Can You Achieve Greater Influence? – Remarkable TV
Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 24, 2021
The post How Can You Achieve Greater Influence? Leadership & Supervisory Skills Video influenceI get asked this question a lot: How can I be more influential? And often times when I am asked this, it isn’t phrased exactly like that.
Leadership & Influence
N2Growth Blog
MARCH 9, 2011
You cannot be a effective leader without influence. Let me make this as simple as I can – if you’re a leader, influence needs to be a competency. The key to developing influence is understanding that contacts and relationships are not synonymous. Don’t confuse a database with a sphere of influence. In today’s post I’ll describe how to create influence by developing high value relationships…. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.
How to Influence others at Work
Career Advancement
MAY 25, 2021
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” Perception and visibility are the two pillars supporting influence. In other words, they’re prerequisites for cultivating influence over others at work. Learn how to influence your peers.
One Easy Way to Have More Influence
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
More influence isn’t always about what you say. The post One Easy Way to Have More Influence appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Communication confident humility Relationships Winning Well communication influence leadership listening managementI knew Gary wasn’t happy. During my first time in a mid-level management role, one of my team leaders was clearly struggling. He looked frustrated, sounded frustrated, and it didn’t take a genius to […].
Organizational Learning – The Influencing Dynamics Of Scenario Planning
Tanveer Naseer
JULY 7, 2021
“An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competition advantage” – Jack Welch.
How Identity is Influence
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The extent and limit of influence is identity. Optimism is response… Continue reading → Humility Influence Leading Growth leadership journey leadership successIdentity is impact. You can’t inspire confidence when you’re timid and doubtful. Become what you expect. Do you expect optimism? Become optimistic.
An Effective Leader Leads by Influence, not Authority
Lead on Purpose
MAY 28, 2020
A successful leader leads by influence, not by wielding authority. Leadership #prodmgmt Continue reading → Leadership Product Management clarity constraints data discussion influence motivate vision why
Positive Influence – an Interview with Glenn Parker
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Connect with Glenn: Positive Influence […]. The post Positive Influence – an Interview with Glenn Parker appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Podcast influence leadership leading in crisis management
An Experiment to Test the Power of Your Influence
Leadership Freak
JULY 7, 2020
Cary Cherniss and Cornelia Roche list nine strategies of… Continue reading → Author Book Notes Influence leadership successIncompetent leaders focus exclusively on results.
Influencing Up
Leading Blog
JULY 30, 2012
If you’re trying to make a significant contribution you will have to influence people you can’t control. In other words, you will need to influence up. Often we get in our own way when trying to influence. In Influencing Up , authors Allan Cohen and David Bradford we have to overcome these barriers: The assumptions you hold about how hard to push. Obviously, the greater the power differential between you and the powerful person, the more difficult influence becomes.
How to Win Influence and Keep It
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 25, 2017
He could influence action and he was fantastic at it. And whenever she collected it, she found that she too could influence action. Power and Influence. As leaders, we must master the art of influence if we expect to make a difference in this world. Truman’s statement is about influence and it raises an important issue: Leadership requires influence. Influence requires power. Do you need all three in order to effectively influence others?
Motivating and influencing your teams
Lead on Purpose
JANUARY 14, 2019
In nearly all cases, the individuals on … Continue reading → Product Management Trust confidence energy influence motivate optimism visionYou’ve nailed the vision, and built the foundation of trust, now you need to motivate your teams. The success of your product depends on the work they (engineering, UX/design, marketing, sales, etc.)
How Are You Using Your Influence?
Leading in Context
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
By Linda Fisher Thornton With leadership responsibility comes a certain amount of influence. It is about one life influencing another.” […]. We can impact how people think. We can advise them on the choices they make and invite them to follow our lead. Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. Complexity Context Ethical Leader Ethical Thinking 7 lenses book ethical leadership ethical leadership development ethical lenses ethics
3 Steps to Exert Your Influence
leaderCommunicator
JANUARY 20, 2021
When you don’t have position power in a situation, or don’t want to use your position power, which is almost always the wise choice, you need to use your influence. What is Influence? Influence is the ability to impact or change how a person thinks, feels, or acts.
How any Manager can Increase Influence and Fuel Peak Performance
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 24, 2020
Our best estimate is that… Continue reading → Encouragement engagement Influence Growth Leadership Development ManagementThe c-suite has little day-to-day impact on the productivity of remote workers. Remote worker’s productivity depends on one role – the manager.”
You’ve Got It Wrong On Influence
Joseph Lalonde
JULY 8, 2015
O ur good friend John Maxwell has always said that leadership is influence. Leading requires us to have a certain amount of influence on others. Yet we’ve also mistaken what influence truly is. What Influence Isn’t. Influence isn’t getting others to do what you want them to do. Influence isn’t controlling others. Influence isn’t forcing people to do your will. Influence isn’t manipulating others.
How You Can Lead with Influence
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
JANUARY 17, 2022
The notions of perception, visibility, and influence are the keys not only to better performance for your organization but they’ll also help you advance your career to the next level.
Influence is the Value Force of Leadership
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
All leaders have a sphere of influence. It can be defined as the context in which influence is felt. In some cases, this sphere of influence is small, perhaps extending only to an immediate coworker, friend, or family member. In rare cases, a leader’s sphere of influence can extend across an entire industry, nation, or even all of society. Clearly, these are two extremes of the influence spectrum. Influence determines the extent and effectiveness of the leader.
Invisible Influence by Jonah Berger
Kevin Eikenberry
SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
Influence is a topic I have long been interested in for both personal and professional reasons. And since everyone is influencing and being influenced every day, I wonder why more people don’t share my keen interest. If you are (or would like to be) a student of influence, make Invisible Influence by Jonah Berger part of […]. The post Invisible Influence by Jonah Berger appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
30 Influencers Behind the Brands We Love
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 16, 2014
We recently published an Aha Amplifier social media enabled eBook called Bryan Kramer & Leadtail On The Influencers Behind The Brands We Love that we’re very excited about. In Behind The Brand: 30 Influencers That Drive Social Media For The Brands We Love , the companies analyzed the behavioral data of 30 successful influencers on social media such as digital executives who influence digital and social programs for brands every day.
Have More Impact and Influence at Work? Video with Liz Wiseman
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
How do I have more impact and influence at work? Liz Wiseman’s book is based on research conducted with a variety of companies including Adobe, LinkedIn, SAP, to determine what behaviors affect someone’s influence at work. The post Have More Impact and Influence at Work?
Anticipation and Influence
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The post Anticipation and Influence appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. Leadership & Supervisory Skills Personal & Professional Development anticipation lessons leadership and Christmas leadership influenceDo you remember how you felt a week before Christmas as a kid? If you are like me, you were practically bursting with anticipation. School would be out soon. There were Christmas cookies around and Christmas music on the stereo.
How to Lead with Influence Instead of Authority
Next Level Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
That means that leaders who rely on exercising influence in a matrix will be more effective than those that rely on exercising authority in a hierarchy. Influence vs. authority is not a new distinction by any means; I just think it’s going to be more important going forward.
Increase Your Influence – Stop Talking!
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2017
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. Getting comfortable with silence and using it properly will help you build relationships, trust, and influence. Increase your influence by saying less.
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