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You can't be an effective leader without the ability to influence others.
But, school doesn't teach you how you can influence people.
Here's a Simple Framework to Increase Your Influence:
But, school doesn't teach you how you can influence people.
Here's a Simple Framework to Increase Your Influence:
This thread is based on my conversation with @carlacmiller on the Growth Guide Podcast.
Carla's written an excellent book: Closing the Influence Gap - A Practical Guide for Women Leader's.
If you like what you read you can find the link's to Carla's work in our show notes.
Carla's written an excellent book: Closing the Influence Gap - A Practical Guide for Women Leader's.
If you like what you read you can find the link's to Carla's work in our show notes.
• Perspective Taking
To influence others, you need to:
• Put yourself in their shoes
• Seek to understand their perspective
Rather than make them feel wrong, validate their concerns and objections.
Ultimately, find solutions that work for everyone.
To influence others, you need to:
• Put yourself in their shoes
• Seek to understand their perspective
Rather than make them feel wrong, validate their concerns and objections.
Ultimately, find solutions that work for everyone.
• Communication Styles
When you're dealing with senior leaders, gather information on their:
• Communication styles
• Language preferences
When you mirror their communication style and speak their language, it will help you:
• Build respect
• Establish a connection
When you're dealing with senior leaders, gather information on their:
• Communication styles
• Language preferences
When you mirror their communication style and speak their language, it will help you:
• Build respect
• Establish a connection
• Avoid Perfection
Don't strive for perfection.
Accepting your imperfections can actually make you more likable and relatable.
A professional coach can help you identify and shift your limiting beliefs that drive the urge to work too hard to be perfect.
Don't strive for perfection.
Accepting your imperfections can actually make you more likable and relatable.
A professional coach can help you identify and shift your limiting beliefs that drive the urge to work too hard to be perfect.
• Personal Leadership Brand
Women struggle to own their strengths.
They don't state what they're good at due to societal messages.
To improve this,
• Create a personal leadership brand
• Be intentional about how you show up
Women struggle to own their strengths.
They don't state what they're good at due to societal messages.
To improve this,
• Create a personal leadership brand
• Be intentional about how you show up
• Words Matter
Women often use disempowering phrases in meetings, such as:
• Caveatting
• Qualifying statements
Use empowering phrases or ask questions instead of making statements to sound more authoritative.
End strong with powerful body language!
Women often use disempowering phrases in meetings, such as:
• Caveatting
• Qualifying statements
Use empowering phrases or ask questions instead of making statements to sound more authoritative.
End strong with powerful body language!
• Authority and Gravitas
Authority and gravitas are important leadership traits that can be developed.
Authenticity and credibility are more important than sounding masculine.
It's about owning your space and being confident and credible.
Authority and gravitas are important leadership traits that can be developed.
Authenticity and credibility are more important than sounding masculine.
It's about owning your space and being confident and credible.
• Intentional Meeting Approach
Prior to a meeting, it's important to set intentions and visualize how you want to be perceived.
Use Power poses and listen to power music to help boost your confidence.
These actions will make a significant difference in how you’re received.
Prior to a meeting, it's important to set intentions and visualize how you want to be perceived.
Use Power poses and listen to power music to help boost your confidence.
These actions will make a significant difference in how you’re received.
• Reframe Your Beliefs
Self-doubt and imposter syndrome can hold you back from being a confident leader.
You can access your inner leader when you recognize your inner critic and reframe the beliefs that don’t serve you.
Self-doubt and imposter syndrome can hold you back from being a confident leader.
You can access your inner leader when you recognize your inner critic and reframe the beliefs that don’t serve you.
• Radical Responsibility
Radical Responsibility is the hallmark of successful managers and leaders.
Don’t be a victim or a complainer.
Initiate change and proactively solve problems.
Employers highly value job candidates who demonstrate Radical Responsibility.
Radical Responsibility is the hallmark of successful managers and leaders.
Don’t be a victim or a complainer.
Initiate change and proactively solve problems.
Employers highly value job candidates who demonstrate Radical Responsibility.
9 lessons to Increase Your Influence you won't learn in school:
• Words matter
• Reframe beliefs
• Avoid perfection
• Take perspectives
• Radical responsibility
• Communication styles
• Authority and Gravitas
• Personal leadership brand
• Intentional meeting approach
• Words matter
• Reframe beliefs
• Avoid perfection
• Take perspectives
• Radical responsibility
• Communication styles
• Authority and Gravitas
• Personal leadership brand
• Intentional meeting approach
This has been a "cheat sheet" on how to increase your influence in the workplace.
If you got value from this thread, return the favor:
1. Follow @IAmClintMurphy
2. Retweet the 1st Tweet
3. Listen to the convo
A link to the Podcast is in my Bio.
If you got value from this thread, return the favor:
1. Follow @IAmClintMurphy
2. Retweet the 1st Tweet
3. Listen to the convo
A link to the Podcast is in my Bio.
