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How to Describe All the Value When You Want to Influence

How to Describe All the Value When You Want to Influence​​ Do you ever wonder how to describe the value of the changes you’ve led or want to lead? Fred, a project leader, needs a new job. His company—despite his project’s success—laid him off. He needs to influence hiring managers to look at his resume

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How to Create Partnerships Instead of Using Stakeholders

About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. Their products and services did not ship outside the building—their products and services enabled the organization to make money. During that workshop, the participants all had the same question, “How do we engage our stakeholders?” For years, I explained that the more

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Three Secrets to Building Your Influence, Part 3, Shared Interests 

Three Secrets to Building Your Influence, Part 3, Shared Interests  If you want to change anything in your organization, you need to influence at least one other person to succeed. I wrote about showing your competence in Part 1. Part 2 was about building trust. Now, let’s talk about creating win-wins with shared interests. I bet you’ve met people who

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