Category: influence

  • How To Get People To Do Stuff: #1 — Use Nouns Instead Of Verbs

    How To Get People To Do Stuff: #1 — Use Nouns Instead Of Verbs

    This blog post is the first of a new series called “How To Get People To Do Stuff”. It features nuggets from the book I am writing by the same name due out in March of 2013. I’m also starting a new format of doing video blogs. So first is the video, and then below…

  • 7 Tips To Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendation: #7

    7 Tips To Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendation: #7

    This is the 7th post in a 7-part series on how to get a team to implement your recommendations. Tip #1 was: Hide Your Top 3 Recommendations Tip #2 was Say “You”, “They”, “Customers”, “Users”, or “Research”. Don’t say “I” Tip #3 was Give Them A Presentation, Don’t Send Them A Report Tip #4 was Use The Word “Because”…

  • 7 Tips To Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendation: #6

    7 Tips To Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendation: #6

    This is the 6th post in a 7-part series on how to get a team to implement your recommendations. Tip #1 was: Hide Your Top 3 Recommendations Tip #2 was Say “You”, “They”, “Customers”, “Users”, or “Research”. Don’t say “I” Tip #3 was Give Them A Presentation, Don’t Send Them A Report Tip #4 was Use The Word “Because”…

  • 7 Tips To Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendations: Tip #3

    7 Tips To Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendations: Tip #3

    This is the 3nd in a series on how to get a team to implement your recommendations. Tip #1 was: Hide Your Top 3 Recommendations. And Tip #2 was Say “You”, “They”, “Customers”, “Users”, or “Research”. Don’t say “I”. Now for Tip #3. The context is that you want to see your recommendations implemented. How…

  • 7 Tips to Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendations: Tip #2

    7 Tips to Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendations: Tip #2

    This is the 2nd in a series on how to get a team to implement your recommendations. Tip #1 was: Hide Your top 3 Recommendations. Now for Tip #2. The context is that you want to see your recommendations implemented. How can you present them to a team so that they will be acted on…

  • 7 Tips to Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendations: Tip #1

    7 Tips to Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendations: Tip #1

    Have you ever found yourself in a meeting trying to convince a team to implement your recommendations? Perhaps you are a web designer who wants the team to move ahead with your design, or you are a user experience professional who has recommended a re-design to make a product more usable. You work hard and…