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Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
May 2013
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
6h 56m
English
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Contents
PART 1. The New Science of Leading Change
Leadership calls for changing people’s behavior. Influencers are those leaders who understand how to create rapid, profound, and sustainable behavior change.
Influencers do three things better than others. They are clearer about the results they want to achieve and how they will measure them. They focus on a small number of vital behaviors that will help them achieve those results. They overdetermine change by amassing six sources of influence that both motivate and enable the vital behaviors.
Not all moments are created equal. Influencers focus on helping people change a small number of high-leverage ...
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