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What to do before you influence

What to do before you influence

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What to do before you influence

- I coached the vice president at a big tech company based in California, who shocked his boss by doing so much beyond his job, creating a TEDx event, a charity campaign, a conference in India, his home country. The VP did things like a leader two levels up. He built influence long before needing it. He turned regular influence roles into executive influence results. It's what the best executive influencers do. And here are five steps they take to do it. First, always associate yourself with one or two of your organization's top strategic priorities, an area of innovation, a major organizational change, a transformation in technology or policy. Make yourself more valuable by working on more valuable initiatives. To create opportunity, take more responsibility. You'll push yourself to learn what decision-makers value. Your reputation will grow as someone with initiative and courage, and you'll connect more with…

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