Influencing

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Strength = Innate Talent [as signalled by STRENGTHSFINDER Top 5 Talent Themes] + Opportunity [which leaders are obligated to…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin When we observe repetition, we…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet 2 important things to Communicate: Interest - WHY I'm doing something. Intent - WHAT I'm wanting to do. Communicating our…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet In part, inspired by a re-reading of Michael Gerber's ' The E-Myth Revisited '. Pick a demographic - learn its psychographics …

The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Do what I say not what I do just doesn't cut it. Probably, most of us can remember incidents when we were children and…

Here's a quote from Dirk Schlimm, clarifying his perspective on 'Powerful People' - “Depending on where you are, the managing director of your local…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet If a tennis racquet can have a sweet spot, so can Influence . If you wanted to pave the path for Influence and you could only…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Successful people seem to have more time . Also, with the current trend of slackening business etiquette, returning phone calls…

This is the 13 th and final Thought Post in a 'Baker's Dozen series', with Dirk Schlimm's wisdom being the main ingredient. Here's the 13 th quote taken from…

Probably, most people should not work for powerful people . When I use the words powerful people , I mean people who: hold positions of power over us, are…

Here's a Dirk Schlimm quote that goes beyond 'influencing powerful people': “Use every opportunity to observe and learn. It is a lot less costly to learn…

“Understand that powerful people think of others as their helpers first and foremost. Let them know that this is what you are there to do. However, don’t let…

This week's Dirk Schlimm quote - “Remember that powerful people identify greatly with their work and their enterprise. They expect the same from you. Show…

Here's another quote, taken from Dirk Schlimm's book - “The terms balance and restraint rarely come up as descriptors of powerful people or are cited as…

Dirk Schlimm wrote: “The tremendous energy of powerful people is sustained by a deep-rooted drive to succeed, especially against the odds and in the face of…

This week’s Dirk Schlimm quote: “The fact is that many powerful people successfully overcome conventional wisdom and have the resources to keep their…

For a month now, I have been writing short thought posts sharing quotes from Dirk Schlimm, who will be CFFB 's special guest and keynote speaker on April…

Here's another quote from Dirk Schlimm: “The genius, who sees opportunity with outside-the-box ideas, gets easily frustrated if he or she feels surrounded by…

Some people possess a natural ability called Command. It is one of those natural-talent gifts. It provides a natural ability to magnetize, influence, and…

Are you better off following prescribed step-by-step conflict resolution processes designed by 'the experts' or drawing on your innate talents to resolve…

Strategic Thinking & Attention to Details : for a business leader, what's the right balance between these two things? Some business leaders think they can…

We can annoy other people so many ways...from being 100% right to being 100% wrong and pretty much everything in between. It's relatively easy to understand…

Some people are perceived as victors : consider Olympic gold medalists, victorious over all competitors. Some people are perceived as victims : consider…

It is fascinating to watch how people respond to errors at work. Reaction to errors, their own errors and other people's errors, tells you a lot about…

I heard today that assessments aimed at finding high-calibre personnel are no longer considering intelligence and talent but are now concentrating all…

Gut Feel: that's when you have a very strong feeling that isn't backed by logic...like an instinct...a special gift arriving as an insight or intuition…

It doesn't matter what you've done or what you know or even who you know. What matters is what you're going to do next and, of more importance, whether or…

Over the last few years, I have written and talked about the communication problems that happen when business leaders use words like Passion and Integrity to…

Values are concepts covering things important and admirable to us (our minds). Values are our perceptions of intrinsically valuable or desirable ways of…

Vision inspires Leadership has a few essential ingredients. For example, the leader must possess a level of intelligence and the leader must possess a…