INTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 3 – The Five Ways of Influence

How can you and I as leaders and communicators impact and influence the people in our lives? How can we do it intentionally? Leadership and communication go hand in hand. And you're going to see that in the way that we influence people. Now let's discover how influence impacts leadership and communication.

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EPISODE 3 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS

What is Leadership?

2:55

Leadership is influencing people through your actions, through your words, through the programs that you run, through the services that you provide, through all of that, it is about influencing people.

How can leaders and communicators harness this power of influence and use it so to help people get to the desired end?

#1 We influence people by what we have said

6:19

• Mike’s Dad is one of his biggest influencers that mostly came from what his dad said about him, positive and some negative things. These are things like praises and noticing his strengths, and even critiques.

#2 We influence people by what we have done in the past

7:44

• One of Mike’s biggest influencers is Wes Davis. Wes is a guy who has raised up leaders, invested developed, identified, and found potential in people and groomed them. This has influenced Mike to pursue a life mission of developing and training people. His YouTube videos and podcast are directly related to what Wes Davis has done.

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KEY QUOTES:

2:36-2:40

“Leadership is influence. Nothing more, nothing less.” - John C Maxwell

11:55-12:02

“How many lives can we change right now, when we choose to be people who say positive and bring out the best?”

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST:

· The 21 Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell

· Connect.stepstoadvance.com

· Schedule a call: advance.as.me/confidence