Using Your Influence… In addition to my book, The Visibility Factor Podcast is one of the ways that I use to influence leaders on leadership, visibility and using their voice. It is a medium to help me scale the message of visibility to more people. This week I published the 100th episode which is a […]
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I have had several conversations this week on the importance of aligning with managers and stakeholders. It seems like common sense, but in the day to day of getting stuff done, it is something that may be forgotten. When I ask them about it, they usually think that their manager “probably” knows what they are
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I was just reading an article from the co-founder of Netflix, Marc Randolph, about the 25 year anniversary of the company. He shared that “they simply believed that there “had to be a better way” to rent movies but along the way, we ended up not just changing the way the world consumes content, but how that
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Which leader in your life made a difference for you in your career? I can think of several throughout my career, although they may not have even known it. They didn’t see what they did or said as anything special. To them, they were just doing their job and what they thought was right for
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I met with a new client the other day and he mentioned that he wanted to work on influence. I asked him to share more about what influence meant for him. He said, “I see influence as one of the more important things that you can do as a leader. I should use it with
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The most important thing when you have an idea is to get it implemented, right? Does it matter to you if you are the one to sell the idea or if someone else does it for you instead? It doesn’t mean that you are going to give your idea away or lose the credit for the
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Although it may seem like the right thing to do to run and share a new idea with everyone, you may want to consider being more strategic about the conversations. This is especially true knowing that you really only have 7 seconds to make a good impression according to a Harvard Business School Study on
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Client Question: “I would like to be a better influencer. What are the characteristics of good influencers?” Can you think of anyone that you work with who is good at influencing? What is it about them that makes them good at it? There are some characteristics that are pretty common across all of the people
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Yesterday’s post was focused on using assessments as a team and working together in a more productive way. My friend Mona reminded me of the other ways that using these assessments can be helpful. I will share a few of them: It is beneficial to know what the type is of an individual or members
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Blog, influence, LeadershipClient Question: “I am interested in moving to a different area of my organization. What are some steps that I should do to make this happen? The first step is to connect with some of the people who already work in that area. This is more of a knowledge exchange to find out about the
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: Being an inclusive leader, does your leadership add or subtract value, how can you be persuasive, building a cohesive team, defining leadership, asking for what you want, focus on what could go right, how can your leadership continue to impact others Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes
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Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary! This week’s summary includes: building influence, building relationships, connecting with remote workers, building self-esteem, achieving extraordinary success, what is influence, how can you build relationships with influencers, how can you build your influencing skills and preparing for your own influencing conversations. Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes How
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Blog, Building Relationships, influence, remote leadership, Resources, self-esteemYou are getting ready to have your first conversation where you are the influencer. Do you have it planned out? Have you considered what you will say? Preparing for these types of conversations will go a long way to improving your credibility and ensure a larger chance for success. Here are 5 things to think
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Blog, influenceBeing an influencer is not only for those who are in management. This is a skill that can be used at any level in the organization. It is something that you can practice and build upon as you progress in your career. In this article by Jayson DeMers called 7 Ways to Build Influence in
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Blog, influenceMy advice to those joining a new team has always been to be an observer during the first few weeks. You want to listen, learn the new content, meet the team members, peers, clients and management of your new group. You also need to pay attention to the roles that people play on the team
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