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Authentic Influence™

"Learn to use your authentic expression to influence meaningful change."

'Authentic Influence' is the essential dynamic of interpersonal effectiveness used by successful leaders, managers, and consultants to achieve results.

Interpersonal and group effectiveness and success is dependent on your ability to express your personal expertise and experience in ways that influences, motivates, and compels open-minded dialogue and meaningful group problem solving. Open communications demands honest and authentic dialogue that respects and appreciates both your own and others natural worldview. Your natural worldview and your problem solving orientation are influenced by your motivating values as expressed in spontaneous problem-solving language.

Four Unique Elements of Authentic Influence

1) Developing Emotional Literacy: Particular attention will be paid to your proficiency in 'Emotional Literacy' - your ability to effectively read and respond to others emotions and feelings, and to congruently use your own emotions and feelings to influence and motivate others.  

• How does your proficiency in Emotional Literacy influence your interpersonal and group effectiveness? Your ability to anticipate and address constructively difference that are difficult?
• What is your personal strategy for dealing with strong emotions- Your own? Others? Is it scientifically and experientially sound?

2) Mobilizing the Dynamics of Motivating Values: Key value questions that influence and motivate your personal and group effectiveness as a leader, manager, or consultant will be addressed.

• On the Leadership Values Path what values do you identify with that frame your natural worldview and problem-orientation?
• What business culture - Customer Relationship Orientation is most personally motivating for you?
• How can you be more effective at influencing others, keeping in mind the value words that are personally motivating.

In preparation for this workshop you will complete an online values measurement tool, The Life Journey Map®. At the start of the workshop you will receive a customized values report including your personal data, composite participant data, and norm data for Leaders and Managers.

3) Engaging Culture Competence is a measure of your ability to influence meaningful problem-solving when engaged in differences of values, race, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, etc. 

• What are your culturally learned 'display rules' that limit and enhance your cross cultural interpersonal effectiveness?
• How are your 'display rules' influenced by your identity group history and membership?

4) Professional Practice involves exploring the answers to these questions while working on your specific learning goals. During this time you will receive candid feedback on your progress.

• 2/3's of your time will be spent working with your peers and facilitators in real-time team learning goal achievement.
• 1/3 of your time learning and practicing new theories of influence.

In Authentic Influence you will be supported and challenged to hone your proficiency in:

• Self Awareness
• Self Regulation
• Motivation
• Empathy
• Social Skill

These are the five elements of Daniel Goleman identified as necessary to build 'Emotional Intelligence'- a key predictor of successful leaders ("What Makes a Leader?" Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec 1998).

You will be evaluated by your fellow participants and staff, on your ability to practice these five proficiencies in service of:

• Your personal/professional learning goals.
• Helping to create a team culture that effectively and meaningfully influences individual 'learning-goal' achievement.

Workshop Staff

• Scott Bristol

If you have questions contact Scott Bristol, 831-457-3117, scott@ljmap.com