Tag: influence
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Motivating your staff after the Christmas break
January can be a difficult time for business leaders. At this time of year, general motivation is at an annual high as many people start the New Year with an array of resolutions. As a general rule, resolutions range anywhere from keeping fit and losing weight to saving more money, but very few have any…
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Top tips to keep your workforce productive during the festive period
December has arrived, everyone is beginning to feel festive, the worries and panic of last-minute shopping are imminent – and the last thing on most people’s mind is work! But, with time ticking away how do you make sure you keep employees concentrated on their workload and workplace productivity high? It has been stated that…
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Influencing Skills – Credibility
In our last post, we introduced our five-step model for influencing. This edition is going to focus on step number 1, credibility. Effective influencing is about affecting change in a positive way that preserves and enhances your relationships with others. It’s no accident that credibility is the first step in the model. If you can…
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Influencing Skills – Trust
In our last post, we discussed credibility as being the first step in our five-step model for building your influencing skills. This edition focuses on step number 2, trust. As we know from relationships, trust is among the highest forms of human motivation. The challenge with trust is that it is far more easily destroyed…
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An introduction to influencing skills
The landscape of business is evolving. Now, more than ever, professionals in organizations need to develop and enhance their skills at leading and influencing others without direct authority. In this post, we’ll explore why this is becoming so critical and we’ll introduce a model that you can use to help enhance your influencing skills. What…