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Tell-tale Signs of an Influencer at Work

July 22, 2013 by Colin Gautrey

By now, you have probably bought into the idea that influencing is a key part of any middle to senior role in large (or small) organisations. You are also likely to be keenly aware that if this applies to you, it also applies to your team members. Perhaps you think it is so important that you have even hired someone like me to come and train them on the critical skills of influence. So, how do you tell if your team have taken this on board? How do you know if they are taking their work as an influencer seriously? Naturally, your first clue will be the results they are getting and the feedback you get about them from your peers and colleagues. Yet, good feedback is not always good enough. Sometimes it depends Read More

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Five Questions to Shape Your Influence

July 22, 2013 by Colin Gautrey

At middle to senior positions in large organisations, a high proportion of the work is all about influence. With so much change around and some (apparently) competing agendas, changing hearts and minds is essential work. It is rare indeed that you can force people to comply, so you need to become a brilliant influencer. Below are five questions which, in my view, every effective and active influencer will be able to answer quite easily when asked. You can use them to challenge yourself, and also, to demonstrate your thinking to others.

1. What is your influencing goal?

Quite simply, what is it you are attempting to achieve? I've written many times on this subject, and some of the links are given below. Perhaps the easiest way to focus your goal is to consider Read More

Filed Under: The Blog Tagged With: influencing goal, influencing strategy

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