If we all agree, why talk about it during a meeting?  Diversity of thought can only be leveraged as a strength when each voice is heard, valued, and appreciated!

Building influence often means putting ourselves in the minds we are hoping to persuade and earn the respect of!   In this series, we outline three questions that people around us often have as barriers to influence and enthusiastic compliance!  

Building influence often means putting ourselves in the minds we are hoping to persuade and earn the respect of!   In this series, we outline three questions that people around us often have as barriers to influence and enthusiastic compliance!  

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. -- Voltaire

When we walk by people or problems that need help, we are guilty of the consequences that follow.  Wether it's safety issues, people with bad attitudes, or toxic subordinates, the problems we see are OUR problems to solve!  

Unlocking the potential of people means meeting their leadership needs!  In this series, we break down the individual barriers to influence and try to get in the mind of those that follow us!

If you are waiting on your ship to come in, I have bad news for you... it likely isn't.  Rather than waiting for our big break, we need to follow in the footsteps of GiANTs and identify our goals, and start dismantling the Barriers, Hurdles and Gaps that are standing in our way!  

This week we continue our "What are they asking? series, as we try and remove the individual barriers to influence our followers carry with them!

All too often we let past failure or imposter syndrome hold us back from reaching our potential.  It's time to bust through our "Walls of Awful" and be the version of you that you were meant to be!

Attempting to build influence using our default language and communication code is a recipe for disaster.  We need to understand the filters and barriers that other people have to influence and work on actively answering their questions before they ask or even think about them!

How much emphasis do I place on the competitive environment and our capacity constraints?  

Honestly, not much.   That being said, even if it was 90% of the problem, it is completely out of our control.  

Let's focus on what we DO control rather than what we can't.