The essential ingredient in your recipe for success, respect, and a lasting legacy. Having a strong personal sphere of influence means you’re connected to a large number of people and resources for mutual development and growth. Personal spheres of influence are intended to be mutually beneficial.
This is the highest level of influence. The power of strategic influence is learning how to cultivate relationships with influential business people from your industry who can be strategic to your business and marketing plan. Developing relationships with these types of influencers can have an enormous impact on your business because of the potential sustaining relationships you can experience with them.
My book, The Power of Strategic Influence, introduces a new, next-generation approach to strategic business networking. It builds upon the central theme of Positive Influence combined with Strategic Relationship Building. In referring to Relationship-Centered Influence, this book teaches you how to get access to it, how to develop it, how to utilize it, how to expand it, and later how to be generous with it to help others
The Power of Strategic Influence, combining your purpose, passions, and expertise with strategic access to people of higher influence will increase your chances for much greater multiples of success.
A business influencer with expansive influence is called a center of influence (COI). A COI can be a deeply embedded businessperson in a community, state, or multi-state region, or a nationally known or even a global business leader.
“Establishing a Survival Mindset” (committing to the idea that you can handle anything life throws at you) and a critical understanding that developing a powerful and personal sphere of influence is a worthy goal.
Have a survival mindset with a clear vision of who you are and what you can become. This will allow you to gain a reputation as a person who knows how to overcome challenges and solve problems.
Get Connected. Having a strong personal sphere of influence means you’re connected to a large number of people and resources for mutual development and growth. Personal spheres of influence are intended to be mutually beneficial.
Focus on networking! Your efforts to meet and connect with people who are willing to engage in exchanges of value is called networking. Focus on getting to know influencers and people who can help you with meaningful exchanges of value.
Looking at problems with a solution-oriented approach, being adaptable, and recognizing what you can and cannot control.
The willingness to accept responsibility for any and all circumstances that occur in one’s daily life, both personally and profession
Not dependent on others for help.
To effectively interact with other people and build your network of influence, you must start with a solid personal foundation, by knowing your strengths and capabilities and be willing to face your fears
These are elements of purpose and motivation that drive you and keep you moving forward when challenges arise. To create staying power in your career and/or business, you must determine what motivates you
This is the third and key element of influence growth representing your leadership capability and potential, made possible through competitive assets you have developed. Those skill sets you have mastered that allow you to compete effectively as a leader.
