Recently, our training department of two was given a limited and budget tasked with creating a leadership training program for front- to mid-line managers in a nearly 90-year-old organization with a 450-person, predominantly contract-based workforce.
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In today’s competitive landscape, most leaders would benefit from spending more time learning how to enhance their ability to influence.
The way we cultivate influence among colleagues online differs greatly from our face-to-face relationships. But in a highly dispersed, uber-efficient workplace, digital communication is the norm for how we build and maintain positive relationships.
In Part 1 of this blog series, I introduced issues that are universal when training new managers. Our discussion here will center on tools you can use to advance your new managers’ development.
No manager, supervisor or employee is perfect. Each person, style and approach to leadership has opportunity and risk of failure. The best plans fail, and the worst plans sometimes succeed.
The acronym BLISS delivers a recipe for organizations to follow to develop resilience and influence to address any circumstances that occur.
Influence fills the gaps between success and failure.
“Revolutionizing leadership” refers to the practice of seeking out, creating and supporting transformational change in how individuals and organizations perceive, practice and leverage leadership.
How people experience working with you contributes directly to your presence and capacity to influence others.
Consistency is a key element of influence. Inconsistency leads to a lack of trust. If people don’t trust you, they won’t act on your recommendations or follow your lead.