Persuasion and Influencing Skills

Whether you’re trying to secure a pay rise or promotion, or convince busy line managers of the value of your new HR initiative, your ability to persuade colleagues, peers and senior leaders plays a significant role in achieving success.

Some people are naturally persuasive and are easily able to steer a strategy or conversation in their preferred direction. Jedis, for example, can use their infamous ‘mind trick’ to get their way. But others find convincing colleagues a little more difficult. Fortunately, there are a number of techniques you can deploy to improve your powers of persuasion and increase your influence.