influence

Become More Influential Today

May 14, 2010

This week, I am running a series of posts on influence as a follow up to a session on influence at HRevolution 2010. It’s interesting to me to read the comments and emails I’ve gotten this week about these posts on influence; there is definitely a line in the sand out there, with pragmatists who [...]

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Influence vs. Power

May 13, 2010

This week, I am running a series of posts on influence as a follow up to a session at HRevolution 2010. Monday, we waxed philosophical about influence and ethics. Tuesday, we got into the gritty details. Wednesday, I showed you how to tie a bowtie. (Why not.) Today, we look at influence and power. Let [...]

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Influence: The Gritty

May 11, 2010

This week, I am running a series of posts on influence as a follow up to a session on influence at HRevolution 2010. Influence. It’s not motivation, it’s not polite, and it’s not pretty. Influence means getting someone who is already engaged in doing something to follow you instead, and assumes that the person is [...]

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Influence: Starting off on the right foot

May 10, 2010

This week, I am running a series of posts on influence as a follow up to a session at HRevolution 2010. There are not many positive synonyms for “influence” in English. In fact, some words that have to do with influence (either the act of influencing or setting someone up to be influenced) are negative [...]

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