Influencing Skills for Getting Your Ideas Heard

How confident do you feel about your skills with influencing others to agree with what you are proposing, presenting or “selling”?

How persuasive do you think you are, especially with what matters most to you?

If you were more persuasive and able to “sell” your recommendations and ideas, what would you be doing differently than what you already are doing? And if you know that. . . how are you holding yourself back and why?

If you want to grow your ability to positively persuade and influence others, this workshop can help you. Join me to learn about. . .

• Defining influence (so that all of us together start with a common understanding)
• Examples of situations where people can and should use their influence at work
• Skill sets for influencing effectively
• Influencing via positive networking and management of “office politics”
• Typical influencing styles
  • We will discuss one model to help identify your “default” style
  • Adjusting your approach to increase effectiveness with “moving” others
• 12 powerful positive ways to influence people

“When you know more, you can do more.”

Marion Barry