You can’t influence people who are protecting themselves from you.
Ethical influence requires free response. You can’t pressure someone into being influenced.
Everything you do that causes people to protect themselves corrodes influence.
This post explains 5 ways leaders corrode their influence and 5 ways leaders enable responsiveness.
Christiana Aguilera sings, “When there’s no one else, look inside yourself, like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within.” Sometimes your inner voice is wrong. Gamblers lose when their intuition says they’ll… Continue reading
Power corrupts, so does lack of power.
Weakness isn’t virture.
The paradox of power is it grows when it’s shared and shrinks when it’s hoarded.
Discomfort with power is contentment with weakness.
Power is the ability to get something done.
Embrace power responsibly.
Expand power ethically. Here’s how…
What do you do when you reengage after vacation? We got home at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. We don’t need a vacation from vacation. We read. Ate seafood. Watched the ocean, birds, and lobster… Continue reading
I’m hosting another wonderful book giveaway.
Thanks to Massimo Backus and Weaving Influence for providing 20 copies of, “Human First, Leader Second.”
This is a powerful book that I highly recommend. Read Massimo’s guest post and leave a comment to be eligible.
“Self-sacrifice isn’t leadership. It’s martyrdom.”
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