Influencer

The Power to Change Anything

By: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

From the New York Times best-selling authors of Crucial Conversations.... Whether your goal is to change minds, change markets, or change the world - anything is possible for an influencer.

Everyone wants to be an influencer. We all want to learn how to help ourselves and others change behavior. And yet, in spite of the fact that we routinely attempt to do everything from lose weight to improve quality at work, few of us have more than one or two ideas about how to exert influence. For the first time, Influencer brings together the breakthrough strategies of contemporary influence masters. By drawing from the skills of hundreds of successful influencers and combining them with five decades of the best social-science research, Influencer shares eight powerful principles for changing behaviors - principles almost anyone can apply to change almost anything.

©2007 Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler (P)2007 HighBridge Company

Well intended and full of information

The content is really quite good and the narration is okay too. I really enjoyed learning from the authors and the only reason I didn't give it a 5 is because of the organization of the information. It's a bit like a patchwork quilt in that it only looks good when you have the perspective to see a lot of it at once - up close it just seems mismatched. The subjects covered in the book all span all of the chapters, so you get a little bit of each story in each chapter, which made it a little hard to follow.
But don't let me get carried away being negative because I really, really enjoyed the book and will likely listen to it again.

Exceptional and Practical

Enormously stimulating - got me thinking about how to apply these behaviors in our situation.

Excellent book!

This is up there in my top audiobook for the year - right next to "Made to Stick".

It is full of interesting and useful information.

An excellent follow-up book for those who liked Robert Cialdini's "Influence" from the 1980s.

It gets much better once you get past chapter 3

I found the first few chapters really difficult to follow, but once I reach chapter 6 there were more substantive stuff.

Powerful!

Critical tool for change. This subject has given me a true advantage to orchestrate change within my organization and my life.

Part of My Routine

Not only is the content logical and helpful to me, but I listen to this audio book every morning when I wake up at 6. The information helps my brain awake and keeps me in tune with my goals. Change Anything and Influencer are my bible.

I exercise, I eat better, I finally have a consistent sleeping schedule and, just yesterday, I was recognized at my job for my work achievements, all due to acting on the strategies from these two books.

I am not good at sitting down to plan for strategies, find the viral behaviors, etc, and I still manage great personal improvements by using awareness and remembering this book in the moment. Therefore, I vouch for this book wholeheartedly because it is likely you can make use of it to a larger extent than I have so far.

Warning, influencing others is tougher for me. I have successfully used some techniques, but if you seek great changes on others, you will have to seriously plan how to apply the strategies on this book. It takes great time and effort, but it is worth it.

Must have

Game changer. No quick fixes but a paradigm shifter. Research based and practice proven this book can change anything. Go team!

Effective tips for mastering Influence

A moderately engaging self-development book that will help you master techniques on influence. Worth a credit.

Great listen for anyone in any industry

The author does a very good job of painting a picture and bridging experience gab that the reader may have. The author does not assume all readers are from the same walk of life.

Well researched, well presented

The authors used key educational and cognitive psychology research to support a very interesting premise. I've been studying much of the same research as part of an education technology master's program. The authors took this research and evaluated how these cognitive tools can be used not just to teach concepts, but to spread influence.

The biggest take away I gained from listening to this book is that to influence a group it is important to find and target the opinion leaders of the group. My job is to train adults. Studying cognitive psychologists has given me much insight into how people learn, and while teaching folks what they need to know on the job is important, any trainer can tell you that it takes more than teaching concepts successfully to bring about changes in the workplace. As soon as they step out of the training room or away from the computer, most people go right back to the way they were doing things before.

I look forward to making use of the authors' insights to influence as well as teach!