It turns out that begging and stick handling are not effective forms of influence. So how do you actually influence? Over the next 30 days (or 6 weeks, because I'm Canadian and we count weekends and holidays out), I'll explore:
1. How Influence works
2. How we undermine ourselves
3. How Effective Agile Managers and Product Owners use influence

Join me on this exploration, either here or on my experimental micro site: https://mlevison.com - now with an RSS feed.

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After talking with a numerous people, about where they're getting stuck, the surprising answer that I get time and time again, they lack Influence.

Many Managers and Product Owners have a surprisingly good idea about what they need to do. Yet, they spend much of their time begging for obstacles to be removed or stick handling stakeholders --it's like trying to nail jelly to a wall, right? Frustrating, right?

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