To begin, I'd like you to identify three or four people you know quite well who are influential. If you are working for a large organisation, try to select of people who work there. Alternatively, think outside of your organisation and even, outside of your working...
Extract from Influential Leadership: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done In the pages which follow, I am going to cover, as quickly as possible, the wide variety of things which can influence people, without going into lots of theory. In the process you will begin...
You are busy, and so are your stakeholders. Getting them on board with your ideas, liaising with them to resolve issues, all takes time. It also helps a great deal if you get on well with them. Effective working relationships smooth over the inevitable problems and...
No, I don't believe this to be the case, but you have to admit, sometimes it seems that way doesn't it? In any complex political environment (or rather, in any large organisation), you need to get to the bottom of what your stakeholders are thinking. Unless you can...
The purpose of this exercise is to delve deeper into the individuals who have a major influence within groups and around your work. The idea is to record your initial knowledge and look for gaps that need to be closed. For each of the headings, record a few sentences...
To give you more of a feel for what we mean by group analysis and the level of detail that is useful, below is an example. It is not complete, but hopefully as you read you will begin to get a feel for what the group is all about and how it is working. Group Title The...