While it sounds illicit, bribery is simply offering something in exchange for what you would like another person to …
Archives for June 2010
99 Ways to Influence Change, #33: Listen
One reason people demonstrate resistance and resentment to change is when they feel they have no control of their …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #32: Build trust
If you are to have any influence at all as an individual, other people need to give you the power to influence them. …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #31: Set the default
In their book, Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, authors Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #30: Customize learning
Organizational change typically requires that people learn new skills, knowledge or behaviors. If you want it to …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #29: Reframe it
People going through change often get stuck in their current state because their current point of view keeps them from …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #28: Instill curiosity
I once worked with an organization that had launched a successful communication campaign for its strategy with posters …
Interview: Join the Adventure! Become a Secret Change Agent at Work
This morning on The Change Agent's Dilemma radio show, I interviewed Dot Olonovich, MBA student and change management …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #27: Instigate competition
Want to motivate people to reach for a goal? Tap into the human drive to win and instigate competition. Whether …