Being able to influence people is an important skill that we have talked about before.  However, it is important that people are trained in how to influence people, and that they understand the difference between influencing people and manipulating them.  Someone who is good at influencing people can get them to go in a direction that they may not of otherwise gone.  It is not forcing or tricking them to do what you want, but is a way of getting people to see your point of view, and to get them to agree with it.  This is a very tricky thing to do, and is not something that can be taught in ten minutes.  Instead, influence training should really be part of the normal training program, so that people can understand how it applies to many different situations and areas of work.  this would be a very good area to look at using actors in role plays,a s it would allow for some great demonstrations of influencing in action.

Remember influencing people is not tricking them, but changing what they think and how they think about a certain topic of issue.

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