Leadership

You Can Be an Influencer – Part VIII: Are Your Reward Systems Backfiring? “Influence masters first ensure that vital behaviors connect to intrinsic satisfaction.  Next, they line up social support.  They double check both of these areas before they finally choose extrinsic rewards to motivate behavior.”  – Influencer Often with influencing or motivating others, the

You Can Be an Influencer – Part VII:  Besides IQ, Do You Have NQ? Meet Rita.  Her blood is pumping, heart racing as she tries to control her breathing in hope that no one will notice her agitation.  She is frustrated and angry.  Once again she feels sabotaged with her work.  She wants to do

You Can Be an Influencer – Part VI:  Are You an Opinion Leader? “I learned a long time ago, that credit is infinitely divisible.  Give it away every chance you get, and there’s always plenty left for you.” – Dr. Berwick The ability to influence begins with us.  Believing that we can influence change is

You Can Be an Influencer – Part V:  How to Teach New Skills for Transformation “A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” – Larry Bird In previous articles we have talked about how to motivate change

You Can Be an Influencer – Part IV: Do You Use the Most Powerful Form of Influence? “It is the lack of thought, not the presence of thought, that enable our bad behavior.” – Influencer: The Power to Change Anything Influence is the power to produce effects on the actions, behaviors and opinions of others.