Monday, July 26, 2010

Maintaining Your Motivation

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Before we can motivate others, we need to achieve and maintain a high level of motivation for ourselves. With so many organizations running...
Friday, July 9, 2010

Using High Powered Influencing Techniques

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Now that we’ve looked at eight different techniques for influencing others, I’d like to share two examples to illustrate how powerful these ...
Monday, June 28, 2010

Last Resort Techniques for Gaining Compliance

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You’ve probably heard the saying that you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. But what if you don’t have any honey or the ho...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

More Techniques for Gaining Commitment from Others

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We’ve been looking at specific techniques for gaining commitment from other people for the initiatives we’re trying to accomplish. Last tim...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Strategies for Achieving the Highest Level of Support - Commitment

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Life at work is so much more enjoyable when we work with people who are committed to the same goals. We’re also more effective as leaders a...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Develop the Best Kind of Power

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As we said last time, in sports power is what moves the ball down the field or the player around the bases. In the workplace, power is what...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Power vs. Force

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Last time we looked at the three degrees or levels of support we can give others and they can give us: resistance, compliance, and commitmen...