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Building Leadership Skills Convincing & Influencing

Building Leadership Skills Convincing & Influencing. Instructor: Marie L. Radford, Ph.D. mradford@scils.rutgers.edu An Infopeople Workshop Summer 2009. This Workshop Is Brought to You by the Infopeople Project.

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Building Leadership Skills Convincing & Influencing

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  1. Building Leadership SkillsConvincing & Influencing Instructor: Marie L. Radford, Ph.D. mradford@scils.rutgers.edu An Infopeople Workshop Summer 2009

  2. This Workshop Is Brought to Youby the Infopeople Project Infopeople is a federally-funded grant project supported by the California State Library. It provides a wide variety of training to California libraries. Infopeople workshops are offered around the state and are open registration on a first-come, first-served basis. For a complete list of workshops, and for other information about the project, go to the Infopeople website at infopeople.org.

  3. Introductions • Instructor • Participants • Name • Library • Position • Your Interests, Telling A (Convincing) Lie

  4. Overview • Influencing, Convincing, Persuading - definitions, tactics, & ethics • Resistance to Change • Generating Compliance • Strategies for Making a Persuasive Case

  5. What’s the Difference? Influencing Convincing Persuading

  6. Degrees of Persuasion Persuasion involves any movement by the other from left to right.

  7. 16 Tried & True Influence Tactics • Marwell & Schmitt’s 1976 classic taxonomy • See Tip Sheet!

  8. Ethics of Influence & Persuasion • Define ethics? • Right vs. wrong? • What moral principles guide you? • How do you usually strike a balance: • What you want? • What is ethical? • Desired outcome?

  9. Exercise #2I Was Appreciated – How Leaders Influence Others Through Acknowledgement

  10. For Discussion • What did you learn? • How do leaders spread positive influence? Negativity? • What impact does gratitude have on your performance? Self-esteem? • How can you tell gratitude is sincere? • Opportunities for using influence to motivate others?

  11. BREAK TIME Please return on time, Thanks! 11

  12. Types of Resistance to Change • General resistance • I don’t want to • I’m too busy • Specific resistance • It’s too expensive • It’ll take too much time • Passive-aggressive resistance • Whatever

  13. Exercise #3“Clasp Your Hands”Resistance to Change

  14. Exercise #4“We don’t do that at our library”Resistance to Change

  15. Countering Resistance • Accept as part of process • Uncover reasons • Address resistance • Logic • Humor • Challenge • 9 Laws of Persuasion

  16. 9 Laws of Persuasion • Hogan (2007) • See Tip Sheet.

  17. Exercise #5Convincing OthersGetting to Yes

  18. For Discussion • What did you learn? • More difficult to persuade, or to resist? Why? • How can you use win-win thinking to be persuasive?

  19. Think & Act “Win-Win” • Identify & satisfy underlying needs • Look out for yourself & other • Actively seek & create wins

  20. Words that Influence Be positive • Let me find out… • What I can do is… • Would you please… Be curious • Please tell me more… Beware influence destroyers • See Tip Sheet!

  21. More Power Words • Next time… • Instead… • Despite… • Satisfy…

  22. LUNCH TIME Please return on time, Thanks! 22

  23. LEAPS for Voluntary Compliance Listen Empathize Ask Paraphrase Summarize

  24. DO’S Pay attention Listen actively Invite talk Open mind Supportive Show acceptance & understanding Note NV cues DON’TS Rush to fill silences Be defensive Forget to listen for feelings Hesitate to clarify Glaze over Effective Listening

  25. Active Listening Techniques • Encouraging • “I see…” • Restating • “If I understand, your idea is…” • Reflecting • “You were pretty upset by…” • Summarizing • “These seem to be key ideas you’ve expressed…”

  26. Another Simple Compliance Technique • Influence through expressions of gratitude & praise. • Remember power of please & thank you

  27. Exercise #6Thank -You Notes

  28. For Discussion • What did you learn? • Was this easy or not, & why? • What impact will notes have? • How can writing thank-you notes inspire & motivate others? • How can this become a habit?

  29. Nonverbal Communication & Persuasion • Types of NV communication (See Tip Sheet) • Importance of congruence • Messages of sincerity • Remaining outwardly calm

  30. Exercise #7Analyzing Video Clips

  31. Presenting Main Points to Convince Others • Building credibility • Using evidence • Reasoning • Appealing to emotions

  32. Powerful Presentation Techniques • Place strongest points… • First (primacy) • Last (recency) • Deal with opposing arguments • 4 Elements - persuasive case • Strategic considerations • See Tip Sheet on Persuasive Techniques & Leadership Principles

  33. Exercise #8Practicing Persuasion

  34. For Discussion • What did you learn? • Characteristics of most persuasive speeches? • What would you have done with more time? With Web access?

  35. Conclusion & More Information • Area of continuous improvement • Well worth it! • For more information, see bibliography

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