Ingredients of influence Pt. 2 October 17th 2017

We are concerned about how to broaden our influence, how to make sure that our influence is strengthened, that we become the leaders that we are meant to be. It has been said that if you think you are leading and nobody is following, you are just going for a walk. A lot of us are just going for a walk, because we have no influence, there’s nobody following us. We have a high title in the office and people just listen because they are forced to listen. We ourselves feel the tension, the uphill struggle it is, to make people do what we want them to do. There is a better way; you can actually make people want to do what you want them to do. This is what influence is, when people really, really want to do what you want them to do. You are no longer threatening them with appraisals; you are not kicking them and screaming at them. They willingly volunteer to do your will.