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Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

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Authors: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron Mcmillan, Al Switzler
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 150 reviews
Sales Rank: 881

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1

ISBN: 007148499X
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.85
EAN: 9780071484992
ASIN: 007148499X

Publication Date: September 13, 2007
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An INFLUENCER motivates others to change.

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An INFLUENCER replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills.

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An INFLUENCER makes things happen.

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This is what it takes to be an INFLUENCER.

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Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We develop complicated coping strategies when we should be learning the tools and techniques of the world's most influential people.

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But this is about to change. From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of high-powered influencers from all walks of life. You'll be taught each and every step of the influence process-including robust strategies for making change inevitable in your personal life, your business, and your world. You'll learn how to:

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  • Identify a handful of high-leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change..
  • Apply strategies for changing both thoughts and actions..
  • Marshall six sources of influence to make change inevitable..
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Influencer takes you on a fascinating journey from San Francisco to Thailand where you'll see how seemingly �insignificant� people are making incredibly significant improvements in solving problems others would think impossible. You'll learn how savvy folks make change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. You'll discover why some managers have increased productivity repeatedly and significantly-while others have failed miserably.

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No matter who you are, or what you do, you'll never learn a more valuable or important set of principles and skills. Once you tap into the power of influence, you can reach out and help others work smarter, grow faster, live, look, and feel better, even save lives. The sky is the limit�for an Influencer.

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Are you an Influencer ?

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Find out at www.influencerbook.com

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�You don't have to be a manager to realize that no one likes being told what to do. Yet lectures are still the main way we try to get people to change their behavior. Fortunately, social learning academics have been studying alternatives for decades. Patterson and his fellow consultants have now collected their findings in this engaging, example-rich book. The key message is hardly new, but it has gotten more sophisticated: Managers need to get out of the way and facilitate, not manage, the process of change for employees. They can do this by offering vicarious experiences, restructured environments, peer pressure, and frequent tests-all geared so that people embrace the change as authentic to them, not imposed by an outsider. Missing are only success stories of organizations that persuaded managers to drop their controlling habits and choose to be mere facilitators.�-John T. Landry, Harvard Business Review

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Customer Reviews:   Read 145 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Powerful Book on Changing Whole Societies' Behavior Patterns   January 8, 2009
As a professional marketer, I've read a ton of books on persuasion, influence, and similar topics. Until now, all or them have focused largely on moving people forward to a buying decision in the marketplace.

This is the first book I've come across that seeks to explore influence as a tool of widespread positive social change: How to create influence that ends a plague in Africa, builds social and job skills among ex-criminals in San Francisco, brings reading skills to thousands of illiterates in Mexico...Wow!

It's not a fast read, but this may be one of the most important, life-changing books I've ever read.

Shel Horowitz's award-winning sixth book, Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First, demonstrates how to build a business around ethics, environmental sustainability, and cooperative practices--and how to develop marketing that highlights those advantages.



5 out of 5 stars Loved it.   January 6, 2009
I loved this book. makes you really think and keeps it to 6 basic principles. Will definitely reference this book again.


5 out of 5 stars great book, but mislabeled as self-help   December 28, 2008
the follow-up to the book "Crucial Conversations," this book gives some pretty practical advice on how to set up systems that promote positive change. This is a combination of individuals, social groups, and the environment itself... all 3 areas need systems that encourage both the ability and the motivation for positive change; otherwise it will not last. In each area, there are multiple tools that can help, but a true "Influencer" will know what tools to use and when. Highly recommended for anybody who wants to make lasting change.


4 out of 5 stars A Worthwhile Book with Good Information   December 8, 2008
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

It starts with the premise that if you "bundle the right number and type of influence techniques into the right influence strategy, you can change virtually anything" or at least change behaviors. The books outlines "six-source strategies" that act as influence tools to modify and change behavior, with real world "big picture" examples, such as:Dr. Donald Hopkins and his work at The Carter Center in literally eradicating the "Guinea worm disease" in sub-Saharan Africa; Dr. Mimi Silbert's amazing work at Delancey Street in San Francisco that has turned around over 14,000 lives of repeat criminals (with an average of four felony convictions each) into responsible citizens; and Dr. Don Berwick who saved over 122,000 lives in eighteen month by changing risky behavior in hospitals and health care organizations.

In fact, my only criticism of the book is that, except for a hypothetical example of "Henry the dieter," it really does only give examples of "big picture" type institutional changes and does not give actual examples of the "day to day" types of personal influence change applicable to individual behavior. While the six-source strategies can certainly be applied to all circumstances to some degree, I would liked to have seen more "hands-on" examples and applications to personal, as opposed to institutional, behavioral change goals.

In any event, for anyone who needs to make institutional changes by influencing behavior throughout an organization, this serves as a perfect hand book to use, and although it is not quite as helpful in "hands on" personal applications, it does provide excellent information.



5 out of 5 stars Unique ideas   November 23, 2008
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book introduced some insights and techniques for persuasion that I never thought of. Excellent read on the power of common sense approaches to major and minor problems.

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