Power • Influence • Impact
Successful leadership and trust go hand in hand. Unless you have the trust of your team and those around you, your leadership is likely to stutter and fail. Probably not a catastrophic failure — most will be able to get through. However, the risk of friendly fire is...
Have you ever asked this question? It wouldn't surprise me if only 1% of people who ask this question actually ask it out loud. If you did ask someone this question, would you trust the answer? Hmm, probably about as useful as asking someone to trust you. If you have...
Below you will find the high-level behavioural descriptors for each dimension of the influence profile. People will generally prefer to either avoid or favour the behaviours in each dimension, but they will do this to varying degrees. The descriptors below are...
There are two ways to start analysing your networking. The first is to consider all the different groups of people who could play a part in achieving your purpose. It is important not to name people at this stage so that you can keep an open mind to new connections....
Having a good relationship with someone in our network is fine, but what is even better is if they become real fans of our work. Fans and advocates are the people around your network who will take every opportunity to shout positively about you. They will proactively...
Organisations are full of people who are attempting to play politics at work as they try to influence each other. Some are seeking to help people, while others are driven by self-interest. Although the tactics are often the same, the level of honesty and integrity...