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Build a Simple System to Achieve Success

Coaching Tip

Cialdini, author of The Psychology of Persuasion (William Morrow, 1993). This tit-for-tat mode of operation can produce success, but it doesn't invoke the power of reciprocity and so fails to yield extraordinary success.". "One of the most potent of the weapons of influence around us is the rule for reciprocation.

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Givers give without expectation of immediate return.

Coaching Tip

Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement. Cialdini, author of "The Psychology of Persuasion" (William Morrow, 1993).

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Getting Ahead by Leading Across

Harvard Business Review

Witnessing the downward-spiral of Carla Sanders' career was painful — yet her experience offers an important commentary on the requirements of executive leadership in today's organizations. Shortly thereafter, the pace of her career progress began to stall. Carla's an actual executive whose name has been changed.).