Thursday, November 24, 2011

Tip #4: Influencing without Authority: Influencing an “Expressive"

Expressives are outgoing, creative, social types. They enjoy human contact and don’t want to look bad in any social situation.

If you need to convey an idea to an Expressive, consider doing the following:

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Importance of Transparency

The following is a book review of "Getting Naked" by Patrick Lencioni

Despite the attention-getting title, showing up as you are is key to a consultancy practice.

Exposing oneself does take courage and guts, and results in great dialogue, trust and loyalty. Ego has no place in consulting and is best left in the change room.

This book by Patrick Lencioni is a story about his consulting practice and how they shone beyond competition without competitors even clueing in. Clients were loyal, no questions asked.