Influencing via Positive Leadership

There’s more to being a leader than merely giving commands. Leadership is about influencing people's attitudes and behaviors through positive choices. By exhibiting your respect for your team’s opinions, sentiments, and skills, they feel empowered and are more inclined to accept your leadership and vision. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*PGQwj3lKaUe365pADhdioA.jpeg" style="height:467px; width:700px" /> Great leaders not only express their vision; they also convince others to accept and act on it. But getting people to listen isn’t always easy. Sometimes, it requires challenging or painful dialogue to promote change. That’s why using your influence is crucial. Often, it’s not always what you say, but how you say it. Leaders may excite and inspire others, even if it’s unpleasant news they are presenting, just by the way they choose to influence… by persuading. People are more inclined to accept a negative message if you persuade them in a good way, rather than employing instructions or authoritarian force. Simply providing orders, and then expecting adherence to them, is ultimately a bad attitude, while influencing people can be a constructive one. And it’s crucial to know the difference so that your team doesn’t break down or lose its motivation to create outstanding work. <a href="https://medium.com/@john.gracia/influencing-via-positive-leadership-923cf2ac478f">Learn More</a>