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Raise Your Game: Strategic Influence In Leadership

ByLeaderonomics
Jan 03, 2016 • 1 Min Read
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Can we lead our bosses? How to encounter influential strategies by others in the workplace?

John Maxwell, a leadership guru, once said that “leadership is about influence. Nothing else”. Maxwell is right that influencing is a big part of leadership yet it is one of the hardest things to do.

Eric Lau talks about the meaning of positive influence in a leading position and whom and how we can influence.

 
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