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"The essence of the independent mind lies not
in what it thinks, but in how in thinks."
- Christopher Hitchens

Monday, February 23, 2009

Career Advice, Part 1: Selling Your Ideas

15 tips to make your case and sell your ideas:
  1. Expert power
  2. The evidence shows that the evidence must be visible
  3. What does the evidence say about presenting evidence?
  4. 9 Delusions of Management Books
  5. Should you seek to be more decisive?
  6. Behaviours that create or break trust
  7. Does your behavior damage trust?
  8. How To Influence "Up"
  9. Seven ways inspiring leaders communicate
  10. 10 Ways to Get Management to Listen to Your Ideas
  11. Overcome Your Fear of Trying Something New
  12. How to stand out in any job
  13. How to recruit a small army
  14. Leading Change? These 5 Obama-Approved Tactics Get Buy-In
  15. And of course, scheme virtuously!
Posted by Etienne Laliberté at 4:38 pm
Labels: Bottom-up change, career advice, change management, civil service, Contrarian Thinking, Etienne Laliberté, PS Renewal, public service of Canada, Public Service Renewal

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