The communication aspect of leadership – to actively engage your followers and achieve understanding and motivation whilst making the message memorable – has never been more important. Using vivid lessons and examples from spheres outside business organization, The Persuasive Leader explores the leader's role as a communicator and teaches the fundamental principles of successful leadership. This book provides insights and principles about persuasive leadership from a broad range of human experiences. It draws on examples of persuasive leaders and persuasive leadership principles from the performing arts, the fine arts, literature, philosophical writings, and biography. The authors use their unconventional material to explore themes such as moral leadership, toxic leadership, learning from failures, 'distributed' leadership, leading for results and the leader as a mentor and counsellor. Leaders described in The Persuasive Leader: Abraham Lincoln, Jack Welch, Cleopatra, Teddy Roosevelt, Alexander the Great, Rachel Carson, Joshua Chamberlain, Governor John Winthrop, Barack Obamma, Steve Jobs, Henry V, Julius Caesar, John Quincy Adams, Dwight Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Huey Long, Napoleon, Ghandi, Sam Walton, Archbishop Sean O'Malley, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin Roosevelt, Jim Sinegal, Dolly Madison, James Jones, Clarence Darrow, William Harvey, Ronald Reagan, Fletcher Christian, Thomas Jefferson, Nelson Mandela, Charles McCormick, George Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Joan of Arc, John Kennedy, Herbert Hoover, Christopher Columbus, Anita Roddick, John DeLorean, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and others less well known persuasive leaders such as Anne Sullivan, TS Lin, Maria Galantry, Dorothy Collins, Scott Nash, Jane Hughes, William Barnes.

The communication aspect of leadership – to actively engage your followers and achieve understanding and motivation whilst making the message memorable – has never been more important. Using vivid lessons and examples from spheres outside business organization, The Persuasive Leader explores the leader's role as a communicator and teaches the fundamental principles of successful leadership. This book provides insights and principles about persuasive leadership from a broad range of human experiences. It draws on examples of persuasive leaders and persuasive leadership principles from the performing arts, the fine arts, literature, philosophical writings, and biography. The authors use their unconventional material to explore themes such as moral leadership, toxic leadership, learning from failures, 'distributed' leadership, leading for results and the leader as a mentor and counsellor. Leaders described in The Persuasive Leader: Abraham Lincoln, Jack Welch, Cleopatra, Teddy Roosevelt, Alexander the Great, Rachel Carson, Joshua Chamberlain, Governor John Winthrop, Barack Obamma, Steve Jobs, Henry V, Julius Caesar, John Quincy Adams, Dwight Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Huey Long, Napoleon, Ghandi, Sam Walton, Archbishop Sean O'Malley, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin Roosevelt, Jim Sinegal, Dolly Madison, James Jones, Clarence Darrow, William Harvey, Ronald Reagan, Fletcher Christian, Thomas Jefferson, Nelson Mandela, Charles McCormick, George Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Joan of Arc, John Kennedy, Herbert Hoover, Christopher Columbus, Anita Roddick, John DeLorean, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and others less well known persuasive leaders such as Anne Sullivan, TS Lin, Maria Galantry, Dorothy Collins, Scott Nash, Jane Hughes, William Barnes.

More companies are shifting from command-and-control hierarchies to flat management structures. To get work done through others under these conditions (your central job as a manager), you need to excel at persuading others -- including those over whom you have no formal authority. In this book, you'll discover techniques for honing your persuasive powers, such as: · Ways to strengthen your credibility and connect emotionally with others · How to appeal to six deeply rooted human needs in crafting your proposals · How to motivate people to give their best on the job · Strategies for adapting your persuasive tactics to your listeners' decision-making styles

Do you want to motivate better and get more results, free of awkward confrontation and tension? To be the leader that people will follow to hell and back?Are you having problems persuading and winning people over in difficult situations? Motivating to action and maximizing efficiency? Being respected and well-liked?Every major problem that leaders face can be traced back to the people involved - The Art of Persuasive Leadership teaches how to deal with people on their level and gain their support and acceptance - fast.With a foreword by New York Times Bestselling Author and leadership expert, Kevin Kruse, Inspire! The Art of Persuasive Leadership delves deep into human psychology to teach leaders how to create a win-win situation - every time. No decision is ever supported 100% - elite leadership is about using human elements and desires in every situation to make your choice theirs. Learning to deal with opposing personalities and desires can be the difference between the corner office and a suffocating cubicle.Inspire! is NOT a book about hackneyed leadership techniques like setting expectations or seeking feedback - it's a "how to" on how to get things done with people, period.What insightful tips for massive results will you learn?* The secret to making "actions speak louder than words" resonate.* How human selfishness can make you an effective leader.* The millennia-old method of persuasion and argumentation.* How to subconsciously position yourself as an authority.As well as:* What contextual social proof is and how it makes you a credible leader.* The difference between likability as a friend and as a leader.* How the theory of reactance can get results ASAP.How will your leadership improve?* Never have tension, drama, or conflict.* Always get the results you want.* Become viewed as a compassionate leader.* Demand respect from others.* Gain the trust of everyone around you.* Inspire others to follow you!Persuasive leadership is the key to the SUPPORT you've always desired!Don't hesitate to pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!

Explains that the selling of ideas is a matter of encouraging others to share one's beliefs in a guide for salespeople that invites readers to self-assess their persuasion personality and build on natural strengths.

In an age when managers can no longer rely on formal power, persuading people is more important than ever. Persuasion is a process of learning from colleagues and employees and negotiating shared solutions to solving problems and achieving goals. In The Necessary Art of Persuasion, Jay Conger describes four essential components of persuasion and explains how to master them, providing the information you need to fulfill your managerial mandate: getting work done through others.

Did you know that the self-report scale used most often today to identify opinion leaders works only 50% of the time? Tossing a coin might be more accurate! Why is everyone trying to find opinion leaders using outdated methods that haven't changed since the 1940's? Why is it that you can't even identify the opinion leaders in your own company database? Although we know that opinion leaders are critical for creating free word-of-mouth advertising, have you ever wondered why no one has been able to do it successfully? All that is about to change! This book unravels the problems that have plagued opinion leadership since its inception. It provides answers and solutions for anyone who wants to include the power of opinion leadership influence in their marketing mix. This book provides a paradigm shift - a new way of looking at opinion leadership that brings the topic into the 21st century. The author introduces a new Personal Construct Theory of Opinion Leadership, that not only identifies who opinion leaders are, but goes one giant step further by predicting who they will be! The author's framework also debunks a number of myths about opinion leadership that everyone believes, but are clearly erroneous, particularly when it comes to differences among opinion leaders vs. non-leaders. The book also distinguishes opinion leaders from online influencers, and shows you how they differ and why they need to be considered separately. This alone can help you save time and avoid a lot of unnecessary headaches! Opinion Leadership is the one book you need if you wish to utilize opinion leaders in your market in order to influence other potential buyers. Scroll up and order your copy today!