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Crucial Influence, Third Edition: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behavior Change, 3rd Edition
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Crucial Influence, Third Edition: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behavior Change, 3rd Edition

by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
May 2023
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
368 pages
5h 34m
English
McGraw-Hill
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HELP THEM DO WHAT THEY CAN’T

Source 2: Personal Ability

When you develop the discipline to examine possible ability barriers, you substantially increase your potential for effective influence.

Let’s turn now to source 2, personal ability. As we move to the right side of the model, we don’t just add another source of influence—we challenge our default way of understanding and influencing behavior. Our natural tendency is to attribute most negative behavior to motivation problems and almost never consider whether ability is playing a role. If you want to influence change, it’s best to do the opposite: consider ability problems first, motivation second.

Consider the case of Henry who is currently struggling to drop the 50 pounds he’s added ...

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ISBN: 9781265050184