Becoming Personally Energy Efficient
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Leadership Skills
Leadership: Influence with Information
constituent feel like the constituent is the most important person in the world and I imagine Bill must have had this skill to the nth degree. The show described the story about the Federal shutdown and how Clinton was sure that if he got then Speaker Newt Gingrich in a room with him, he could
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Influence 2
Last week, I began discussing Robert Cialdini’s six approaches to persuasion or what he calls weapons of influence by covering reciprocation and commitment and consistency. This week, we’ll be exploring Cialdini’s third and fourth tools–social proof and authority. While people clearly go out and shop on Black Friday because there are great deals, there is
Build Your Influence
How do you influence others? Do you use your role and title to get things done, try to create a collaborative approach, use rational thought to build your case, build on precedent or just go with the flow? In my coaching sessions I find that issues around influence are one of the most important topics
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Gratitude
As if we needed to know, a new set of studies shows that gratitude boosts your positive outlook. Gratitude builds happiness through both the addition of affirming statements to yourself and others and a simultaneous reduction in the time available for complaining. So what are some quick and easy ways to build up your gratitude
