#1 of 8 Surprising Habits Blocking Your Influence

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Welcome to our 2-min video series: Your Everyday LeadershipTools in 2!

You’re influencing the people around you 100% of the time. Yet, how often is your influence intentional vs. accidental? Leaders operate in Autopilot a surprising amount of the time, which means you have habits or tendencies that hamstring effective influence.

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Communication

Autopilot Versus Activating Language™

Language is instrumental in how we are performing interpersonally as well as intrapersonally. It’s not just the language that we’re using with others. Most importantly, it’s the language we’re using with ourselves.

Communication

Good Answers vs Fast Answers

Fast answers may bite you in the rear end! We’ve been taught since we were young to have the answer. A lot of people have created a career based on having answers, and they usually are rewarded for having those answers quickly.

Communication

When to Define Why

Leaders are often told to “explain the why” behind a task. That *may* be a good choice, and there will be reasons to go further and times not to explain “why” at all.