Leadership is influence. But what is influence? It is the ability to affect change, progress, productivity and improvement. Leaders need influence to get important things done. The best way to build influence through trust. But how?
Today we discuss 10 ways that you can build influence through trust by being more authentic, a giver, and emotionally connecting with your team.
Episode Summary: 10 Ways to Build Influence Through Trust
- Avoid Arguments – learn how to handle shock, be patient, not impulsive
- Admit mistakes – be vulnerable
- Start with right tone
- Tell a story – cast the vision
- Give credit where credit is due – appreciate the effort
- Connect emotionally – be genuinely interest in others
- Recognize the power of knowledge
- Be curious
- Be a giver
- Ask for help
[shareable cite=”Benjamin Franklin”]He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged[/shareable]
5 Categories of Influence from Discovery Learning, Inc. and Innovative Pathways 2009-2010 Study
- Asserting
- Convincing
- Negotiating
- Bridging
- Inspiring
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[shareable cite=”Albert Schweitzer”]Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate[/shareable]
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