May 14, 2015

How to inspire better leadership from your boss [podcast]

Managing upward has never been easy. It’s especially challenging when you are working for someone who has poorly developed leadership and communications skills. Is there ever hope for change? Is it possible to inspire better leadership from your boss? ...

December 29, 2014

Review: “Deep Influence” by T.J. Addington

Recommended reading: "Deep Influence" by T.J. Addington

What leader doesn’t want to have deep influence on those around him or her? You do and I do. If we are going to make a difference in the world, we must take seriously the way in which we ...

December 18, 2014

How to be a person of deep influence [podcast]

As you ponder next year, ask yourself: How can I be a person of deep influence? Inescapably, you’ll conclude that having lasting and resonant influence takes more than simply polishing your leadership skills and technique. You must go deeper. ...

December 15, 2014

Are toxic people lowering your elevation average?

Are toxic people lowering your elevation average? Jim Rohn once wrote, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” If true, let me ask you this: As you evaluate who you spent time ...

October 9, 2014

How to handle conflict to gain influence [podcast]

If anything 34 years of marriage has taught me, managing conflict is an area I’ve had to really work on. In our latest episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host Armin Assadi and I talk about how we ...

March 26, 2013

Review: “To Sell is Human” by Daniel Pink

Are you in sales? If you said ‘no’, you may want to rethink that. And Daniel Pink’s latest book, To Sell Is Human, is just the book to help. According to Pink, “The salesperson isn’t dead. The salesperson is ...

September 24, 2012

Enlisting others in your idea

“They don’t get it. They’re a bunch of idiots.” That was the report from my new client upon her return from a visit with a high-level prospect. I listened, dumbstruck, as she ranted on for several minutes how stupid ...

April 10, 2009

Mastering Influence

From the IronWorks series, Sword Mastery: Cutting through Chaos, this presentation discusses the three marks of an influence master. There’s a lot more to influence than getting others to do what you want. True influence masters not only demonstrate a benefit, ...

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