How do you feel about the word negotiation? When most people hear the term negotiation, they usually think of tense conversations, fighting for what you deserve and a battlefield mindset.  Yet what if that whole concept – that of thinking about negotiation as a form of combat – meant you ...

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Now, here’s today’s question. If you had to pick the most pivotal 10 days of your career, what would they be?  Ten days that, either looking back or in the moment, felt like everything had been leading you to this point. Perhaps it was the lead up to a landmark ...

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We are coming to the end of another eventful year, another 12 month bundle of opportunities, challenges, plenty of highlights and some definite unforeseen low lights. Hopefully you are about to embark on a well-deserved break. This is exactly what the inside influence team and myself will be doing. So ...

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Here’s today’s question – are you an expert or a visionary? Seems like a random question? It’s not. When I was growing up – a while ago now – influence belonged to those who could amass the most information. I don’t know if many of you can remember the EB ...

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How does a black musician who’s jammed with the likes of Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, BB King and even Bill Clinton – become friends with an Imperial Wizard from the Ku Klux Klan? In this polarised world, breaking down entrenched positions may be the most important skill needed by ...

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According to my guest on today’s episode, the largest crisis we currently face has nothing to do with the economy or politics – it’s a crisis at the very heart of how we define leadership.  Today a huge 88% of people do not feel like their work is valued by ...

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