Influencer, Second Edition

The New Science of Leading Change

By: Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Narrated by: Joseph Grenny

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

Change your company. Change the lives of others. Change the world.

An Influencer leads change.

An Influencer replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills.

An Influencer makes things happen.

This is what it takes to be an influencer.

Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We learn to cope rather than learning to influence.

From the best-selling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes the new edition of Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of high-powered influencers from all walks of life. You'll be taught each and every step of the influence process - including robust strategies for making change inevitable in your personal life, your business, and your world. You'll learn how to:

• Identify high-leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change
• Apply strategies for changing both thoughts and actions
• Marshal six sources of influence to make change inevitable

Influencer takes you on a fascinating journey from San Francisco to Thailand to South Africa, where you'll see how seemingly "insignificant" people are making incredibly significant improvements in solving problems others would think impossible. You'll learn how savvy folks make change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. You'll discover breakthrough ways of changing the key behaviors that lead to greater safety, productivity, quality, and customer service.

No matter who you are or what you do, you'll never learn a more valuable or important set of principles and skills. Once you tap into the power of influence, you can reach out and help others work smarter, grow faster, live, look, and feel better--and even save lives. The sky is the limit...for an Influencer.

Praise for Influencer:

"An instant classic! Whether you're leading change or changing your life, this book delivers." (Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"Ideas can change the world-but only when coupled with influence - the ability to change hearts, minds, and behavior. This book provides a practical approach to lead change and empower us all to make a difference." (Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner)

"Influencing human behavior is one of the most difficult challenges faced by leaders. This book provides powerful insight into how to make behavior change that will last." (Sidney Taurel, chairman and chief executive officer, Eli Lilly and Company)

"If you are truly motivated to make productive changes in your life, don't put down this book until you reach the last page. Whether dealing with a recalcitrant teen, doggedly resistant coworkers, or a personal frustration that 'no one ever wants to hear my view', Influencer can help guide you in making the changes that put you in the driver's seat." (Deborah Norville, anchor of Inside Edition and best-selling author)

©2013 VitalSmarts, LLC (P)2014 McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio

Inspiring

I have taken to learning these amazing skills from this and their other books like Crucial Conversations with my 8 year old daughter. We listen on the drive to place pause talk about different concepts and continue. I always wonder if these skills are absorbed but than I find my self stopping and reconsidering my approach and I attribute it to the what I have learned through these books. My goal is to re-listen to these books every quarter to keep rhe skills fresh and hear something that I may have forgotten to make things better

Great book

Great leadership book. Thought provoking for any leader in any capacity that is seeking to make a positive change.

Not a good use of time

He loves guinea worms and it is also repetitive . Would he better as a 1 ph synopsis

Interesting but not helpful

Interesting stories but no real tie in on application. Didn’t find this to be helpful for leadership.

garbage

nothing like the original second edition, is just misleading. don't waste your time or waste your time

Did not download

I tried to download this title, but it only downloaded the sample. Perhaps that is why it has so few reviews. I will try the original edition.

Hard pass

It’s like listening to eight hours of instructional video solely telling someone how to take a right at a stop light. This is jumbled with stories of third word disease, humbled ceos who visited janitors, and all you need to do is follow these six steps focusing on these three items using these seven tactics. What did I listen to?