PORTABLE POWER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Influence. Everyone wants it. But how do you get it?
One of the critical business skills required for success today, strong interpersonal and influencing skills are essential as we work in teams, often across disciplines, and “sell” our ideas and projects to upper management.
It’s Not What You Know. We were told that to achieve success we simply put in our time and develop our professional and technical expertise.
It’s Not Who You Know. We then began to learn the importance of contacts, and how to build a network of helpful people.
It is HOW to Have Your Message Heard and Acted Upon.
Now we have entered a new era. Technical or professional expertise can quickly become obsolete. High-level contacts can vanish overnight with the next acquisition or merger. What we need is an inner resource or ability. What we need is influence, ‘portable power’: a set of people skills that can serve whenever and wherever we are.