Book Titles

Influencer
The New Science of Leading Change

By Al Switzler, David Maxfield, Jospeph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan

Year Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 978-0071809795
Categories: Change, Influence, Leadership

103 Quotes Found

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Influencer:

When facing changing, turbulent, or novel times – calling for novel solutions – multiple heads can be better than one.

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Teachers learn more than students, mentors more than mentees, and trainers more [than] trainees…

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Since you can’t know everything, it’s essential that you find people who can make up for your blind spots.

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When problems call for creativity and multiple views, place people in teams.

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Since you’re on the wrong side of your eyeballs, you can’t always see exactly what it is that you’re doing that works or doesn’t work.

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In an interdependent, turbulent world, our biggest opponents – the mortal enemy of all families, companies, and communities – may well be our inability to work in concert.

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…most leaders run the risk of relying too much on incentives rather than too little.

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In a well-balanced change effort, rewards come third. Influencers first ensure that vital behaviors connect to intrinsic satisfaction. Next, they line up social support.

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…rewarding people for engaging in an activity that is already satisfying may work against you.

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…all incentives that are immediately linked to vital behaviors can yield amazing results with some of the world’s most difficult problems.

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