Influencing for Impact Notes- My Learning Diary

Why Influencers Are Essential

Influencers get the power to attract more people towards your products or

services.

Qualities of a Good Influencer

Authenticity, Likability, High engagement, Authority, Visibility, Persuasive,

Executer, Communicator, Competitor, Confidence, Leadership.
Awareness, Adaptability, Articulation

1. Influence is producing effect on the actions, behavior or opinion of

others.
2. Influence is the ability to have a positive impact on others.
3. Influencing is power to change, inspire or do something.
4. Influence is a Persuasive process; it does not happen at once. This
process includes building relationship, understanding the perspectives of
others and having clarity about what you want and what they want.
5. Influence is a product of trust, why should people trust you, what you
have done to earn their trust.
6. Influence is not about winning but it is about solving the problems.
Key Interpersonal Competencies
1. Persuasion is an action, is the ability to make someone do something
through the use of words to impact their thoughts, behavior and actions.
2. Influence
3. Negotiation

Key Skills required for effective influencer

Probing, Listening, Assertiveness, Persuasion, Networking, Collaborating, dealing with

differences, Providing Feedback
 Influencing skills are the abilities to encourage and persuade others
to adopt your ideas. Followings are some of the skills that contribute
to being influential.
1. Awareness-Understanding the Style, Needs and concerns of the
persons you are trying to influence.
2. Adaptability-Adapting your style and approach to the person and
situation.
3. Articulation-Delivering a message that is persuasive, value driven
and relevant.
4. Active Listening-You hear what people say and understand what
they said.
5. Assertiveness-Communicating own thoughts and desires in a
confident and effective manner.
6. Good Communication Skills.
7. Good Knowledge.
8. Critical Thinking.
9. Empathy.
10.Interpersonal skills-ability to relate and communicate with others
and form relationship.
11.Persuasion-ability to convince others to agree with you.
12.Networking
13.Collaborating.
14.Dealing with differences.
15.Providing feedback.

Influence v/s Authority. Influencing without Authority

We can influence others without Authority.
Power is the person’s ability to influence others and there are 7 types of
power.
Influence at work place can happen directly or indirectly.
As per Law of reciprocity people should be paid back for what they do for
others.
Currency is the valuable that can be traded for something we want or need.
Influence is possible when you have something that others want.
Influence can be learned and practiced.
It is an art of give and take.
We should prepare in advance.
Influence is built over time and influencing occurs over time.

Practicing to influence others. Our Alkali dust disposal contractor creates

many problems while operating the bowser. Now with the use of these
learnings I have created good relationship with him and now he talks very
friendly and also suggests the remedies for the problems and also listen to me.

Continue: Practicing to influence others will be continued with others also as

and when required as it is a good tool to get the work done in cordial manner.