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My Influencing Style
I never thought about how I (could) influence others till I read this article. Reading the article “What’s Your Influencing Style?” by Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe taught me things that I was unmindful of such as the distinctive influential styles that exist, how such are defined and the importance of influence and how using them appropriately could play on our advantage.
I also found interesting the fact that even though the main objective of the five (5) influencing styles is to persuade people into doing something, each style impacts differently depending on how effectively we used them. Work in organizations is carried out in a situation of power and influence and learning its importance is beneficial. Influence is the change

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