Personal Influence

Do you wish you had more influence with your team?

Do  you find it difficult as a manager to get things done your way and have those you supervise rally to your side? Do you wish you had more influence with your team? Many people have never been taught the basics of effective communication. They have little influence with others and do not know why.

You can intuitively recognize a person with personal influence, in social situations and at work. People who have personal influence have great interpersonal skills and are able to motivate people to do things for them voluntarily. They are usually well-known and popular. Co-operation is not a problem and they nearly always experience great success in whatever project they take on.

 If you were a student and it was report card time, what kind of grade would you receive on your interpersonal skills?  How important are interpersonal skills for a team leader? The better your interpersonal communication skills are, the more likely you are going to be respected and trusted by your team.

Communicating and dealing with people accounts for a large portion of most manager’s daily work. The way managers and employees communicate dramatically affects morale, teamwork, productivity, and employee retention.  Frequent workplace interpersonal communication breakdowns can cause employees to become disengaged.

Often organizations do a good job in training their managers and employees in necessary job duties, but completely overlook interpersonal skills training.  Most managers or supervisors want to improve interpersonal communication with those they manage, but have no idea how to do this.  They don’t know where to start, what to do or how to make communication truly effective.    

If you are stuck or struggling with team interpersonal communication, you’re not alone.  You can significantly improve 

your professionalism and influence with training in the art of becoming people smart. Not only can you immediately experience effective communication in the workplace that improves morale and productivity, you can build a solid communication foundation for your team that will serve you well for years to come.  

The art of relating to people is not hard to learn.  The People Smart Tools workshop “How to Improve Your Personal Influence” helps managers improve their influence with those they supervise by sharpening their personal skills.  This unique workshop, developed and taught by Jim Rooney, CPBA, grounds employees with proven methods for getting along and prospering with other people.

Training Benefits

• Learn and practice productive and professional ways to communicate instructions, recommendations, and feelings.
• Build communication skills: Listening, responding with empathy, probing for needs, providing options and acceptance of others.
• Increase trust by understanding the communication and relationship needs of others.
• Enhance productivity by increasing awareness of how to best work as a team
• Improve morale.
• Discover the nine essential personal skills for better personal influence
• Find ways to improve interdepartmental communication.
• Learn to anticipate problems by being future oriented.
• Reduce relationship tension by reducing animosity.
• Discover effective ways to use time

You Will Also Learn The Nine Essential Competencies

These nine vital attributes are particularly important for managers to learn and practice regularly in order to have more influence with their staff.  The nine crucial skills for increasing your personal influence are

1. Person to Person Communication
2. Written Competencies
3. Communication Mechanics
4. Seek to Understand Before Being Understood
5. Keep Your Promises
6. Have High Expectations of Others
7. Effective Use of Time
8. Dress Well, Look Good
9. Attitude Excellence

Connect With Jim

Continually learning, refining, and sharpening personal skills leads to more influence and less relationship tension.  Watch your revenues rise as disengaged employees become highly productive long-standing members of your team!

Books & Publications

9 Points of Influence
for City Managers

The influence you have within your organization and with the public is most important for your success.