What type of influence is relevant in today's world?
I was interviewed by Nathan Anibaba of Bridge Network on Influencing. I was passionate about doing this interview because I largely think ‘influencing’ is an old-world concept.
In the old world, we influence others to get what we want. This is manipulative. We also often use our power to influence people. Power comes from the resources you have, or the authority of your role.
But in the new world, this is no longer valid. We don’t do as we’re told just because the person with authority says. We are far more likely to question and use our own agency. Nowadays we realise people are free to think and do what they want.
The aim now is to influence people by engaging them. And we engage people by sharing our message authentically and transparently, and in the process by building trust and credibility in what we say, what we do and how we do it.
Trust and credibility is the new currency. Authority is less valid especially if we use it poorly.
In the video above, Unbounded’s Martin Palethorpe explores the concept of separate realities, revealing how our minds shape our perspectives on relationships.
The key part of leading with conviction is to get clear about what you've got conviction about.
Every day, I work with people who tell me they are too busy, and who believe it's this busyness that is causing them stress, perhaps even burnout. But what is busyness?
Join us in January for a very special New Year Quality of mind Programme
We welcomed a group who spent three days in the Hampshire countryside, learning about the mind and leaving with profound insights about their own life and work and a greater awareness of their thinking.
Listen to what they had to say about then programme.
I wrote this a month back. It seems more relevant to reflect on than ever…
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Or Conscious Leaders Development Programme is so powerful and so needed for the world of today.
Meet Joe. Joe is my fictitious client (created as an avatar of many who I work with).
Joe works extremely hard during the year, and often feels stressed. He doesn’t have great life balance during a typical working week. He always wishes that he did more exercise. He's slightly overweight and drinks too much.
When it gets to August Joe is desperate for his holiday.
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