Month: June 2021

There are 6 essential persuasion skills for leaders, and the skills are

1. Understanding and navigating organizational politics:  Leaders adjust to the reality of corporate politics and are sensitive to how the organization functions.
2. Creating visibility: To create new opportunities, effective leaders stand out and get noticed by others while staying authentic. They are careful to allow their team members to shine while not over-promoting themselves.
3. Building and maintaining personal trustworthiness:  Leaders must show integrity and be widely trusted.
4. Leveraging networks: Networking allows leaders to generate new experiences, develop persuasion skills, and to tap into the skills and vision of others.
5. Clear communication: Writing and speaking clearly and briefly and applying a variety of communication styles helps leaders to get the message across and to ensure the right impact.
6. Motivating others: Leaders understand the needs, styles, and motivators of others.

To read more kindly visit

https://www.ccl.org/articles/white-papers/learn-persuasion-skills/

6 factors to influence others:

1. reciprocity – give and take
2. scarcity – people want more of things which are less of
3. authority – credibility, knowledgeable and expert
4. consistency
5. liking – similar to us, compliments and cooperative
6. consensus – people will look to the actions of others to determine their own

By: Robert Cialdini & Steve Martin

How do we integrate the 6 factors and communication skills? A question to ponder.