Power • Influence • Impact
If you want to successfully influence someone, one of the key things you need to be able to do is to demonstrate that you are confident. You need to be confident that you know what you are talking about, can handle any objections and that what you say is accurate. You...
Strong reputations are made possible because of the circumstances prevailing in their arena. They are rarely made in situations where everything is calm and running smoothly. In fact, the most opportunistic time to make a name for yourself is when the conditions are...
There are two schools of thought on this one. Let the performance speak for itself and the reputation will follow — the school of merit. And the other one, merit always needs a little help from a dose of prudent self-promotion. If you’re more inclined towards the...
If you do a course of study you will invariably learn models and processes relevant to your subject. Models will help you to think things through and understand the dynamics of problems, issues or situations which need to be worked on. Processes can help build deeper...
Assuming you are working in a complex leadership arena, you will also be working in a highly political one. The politics may be negative or positive, and this is largely dependent on the amount of damage that is being done and the degree to which people are driving...
To begin with, it’s a race for the numbers. If you have no network, how can you have any friends? This is true on Social Media and offline. Unless you have people to talk to you are not going to be able to develop quality relationships. Unfortunately, the rise of...