At our November 4 First Friday Book Synopsis, I will present the blockbuster best-seller entitled Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert Cialdini (Simon & Schuster, 2016). This book has been on the Wall Street Journal business-best selling list for two consecutive weeks. It debuted on the list at # 2 on September 17-18,… Read More Pre-Suasion is November 4 Book Synopsis Selection
First, a comment about “politics.” I really do try to keep politics out of my blog posts, for a lot of reasons. The main reason is that so many are so strongly aligned with one side or the other that to even broach a political example runs the risk of turning off/offending/angering half of the… Read More To Get Things Done, You Need Power (Says Jeffrey Pfeffer) – Why President Obama Needs To Run For A Second Term (A Management Perspective)
On Saturday, I presented a program entitled “Influencing Skills for Effective Leadership.” As usual, it was packed. There is no program that I do that gets more attendees. We know that influence is a key and identifiable behavior for leaders to exhibit. And, based upon the success of the second edition of Cohen and Bradford’s… Read More Learn to Influence: Sell, Don’t Tell
It’s been years since I read the terrific book by Gail Evans, Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: (What Men know About Success that Women Need to Learn). But this week, I presented my synopsis of this book at the first Take Your Brian To Lunch program. (Congratulations to our blogging team members, Cheryl… Read More Do What You Love — and the… Influence will Follow
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