Two Persuasion Techniques in Action

Getting under Someone Else’s Skin (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) How did you find using “SWAY”©? For those readers who may have missed the article on this model of persuasion, a very brief recap: ‘S’ is for ‘Significance‘ where you investigate the interest and need of your audience – […]

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Four Steps to Influence People

Persuasion Tools (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) As promised last month, in this article on how to influence others, I’m going to show you the core elements of a persuasion strategy. I will share with you a four-step model called “SWAY”©. I have called it “SWAY”© because when you have […]

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Are You Good at Influencing People?

Being Able to Persuade Others is Key to Your Success at Work (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Hello and welcome to the first of three posts on the topic of how to influence people. In this article, I will examine what happens when we try to influence people without […]

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The 3 Main Ingredients of Effective Listening

Knowing how to Listen is Key to Gaining Influence in the Workplace (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this article, I thought I would discuss 3 core principles for effective listening. But first, let’s answer this: why bother listening? 1. When you listen, you learn. If you assume […]

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The Top 3 Tips to Showcase your Value

The Art of “Ethical Bragging” (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this third and last article on feedback, let me shift my perspective from the manager’s and how to give helpful feedback to the recipient and how to receive feedback constructively as well as make sure that your […]

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