Fundamental 4 of Leadership: Influence: Your Influencing Powers

Influence is the ability to affect other people’s actions, decisions, opinions, or thinking. Ultimately, influence allows leaders to get things done and achieve desired outcomes. Enhancing your skills in influencing others can ultimately help you reach your desired results. Executing an effective influencing process can help you gain the support, resources, and sustained commitment to see your goal reach its full potential. Foundational to effective influence is to first start by looking at yourself. To be successful at influencing, you need an awareness of your influencing preferences and power sources.