Become A
Person of Influence
There have been meetings of only a moment, which have left impressions for life, for eternity. No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence... yet... everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.
— J.R. MILLER, The Building of Character
INFLUENCE INVENTORY
Q.#1: _________ do I Influence?
Principle:
As a leader, I attract who I am, not who I __________.
List the top 3 characteristics of a person you want on your team.
1) _______________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________
3) _______________________________________________________
Do I Influence...(Circle one in each couplet)
Leaders or Followers
Thinkers or Doers
Big Picture or Little Picture People
Self-Centered or Other Centered People
Positive or Negative People
Insecure or Secure People
Successful or Unsuccessful People
Casual or Passionate People
Givers or Takers
Q.#2: _________ do I Influence others?
Principle:
How I influence people will determine how ________ , how _____________, and how __________________ I influence them.
Methods of influence — from worst to best
1. __________ There is no choice in the decision.
2. __________ “My way or the highway.”
3. __________ There’s a winner and a loser.
4. __________ We follow because we have to.
5. __________ We both win something.
6. __________ We follow because we want to.
7. __________ We follow because of the request and respect for the influencer.
Q.#3: How ________ do I Influence?
Principle:
As a leader, the __________________ of people who follow, is based on my level of influence.
Your Leadership Potential
Your Leadership Level
The difference between your leadership potential and leadership level is determined by our...
1) ___________________________________
2) Willingness to _______________________
3) Desire to ___________________________
Q.#4: _________ do I Influence others?
Principle:
Our value and significance rises when we influence others at a time when it is needed _____________.
There comes a special moment in everyone’s life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission— a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour.
— WINSTON CHURCHILL
Leaders are __________________
They sense...
1) _______________________ Moments
2) _______________________ Places
3) _______________________ Times
Breakthroughs occur in people and organizations when they...
__________ enough that they have to change.
__________ enough that they want to change.
__________ enough that they are able to change.
Q.#5: ________ do I Influence others?
Principle:
___________ you do something will ultimately determine _____________ you do.
Right motives are crucial to people because leadership functions on the basis of __________ .
Questioning your motive is different than questioning your character. Motives are usually
attached to specific situations and are often short in duration. Character, however, is
connected to the heart, and is with you in all situations. Therefore, you can have a
temporarily flawed motive and still a solid character.
Continual wrong motives is a result of bad_____.
Q.#6: _________ do I Influence others?
Principle:
Too often, people feel that they cannot influence others because they do not have a leadership position.
Remember, the position doesn’t make the leader...
the leader makes the position!
Leadership mistakes often made by people in the middle of the pack
1. If I’m not on ______ , I can’t lead. Leadership is _____________ , not _____________ .
2. When I get to the top, _________ I will learn to lead. You will be tomorrow what you are preparing for today.
3. If I were on the top, __________________ would follow. If people don’t follow you now, they won’t follow you then.
4. When I get to the top, I will be able to do____________
The higher you go the less option you have
OPTIONS
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
1. Leadership is _____________________ .
A Leader’s Prayer
God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change.
When I am right, make me easy to live with.
So strengthen me that the power of my influence
Will far exceed the authority of my position.
— PAULINE H. PETERS
2. Our influence with others is usually not in ____________.
3. With influence comes ____________________ .
4. My influence with others is either _________ or ______ .
5. Our influence can ________________ .
6. People of positive influence ________________ to others.
A life isn’t significant except for its influence on our lives.
— JACKIE ROBINSON
We add value to people when...
1. We truly _______________ people.
2. We __________ and _____________ to what they value.
3. We make ourselves ______________________ .
4. We do the things that _______________ values.
Write the name of a person you want to influence __________
"LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE"
-John C. Maxwell
INTEGRITY with people
NURTURES other people
FAITH in people
LISTENS to people
UNDERSTANDS people
ENLARGES people
NAVIGATES for other people
CONNECTS with people
EMPOWERS people
REPRODUCES other influencers
Leadership LID:
Leadership ability is the LID that determines a person's level of effectiveness. The lower an individuals ability to lead, the lower the LID in his/her potential
becoming a person of INTEGRITY
An INFLUENCER has INTEGRITY with people
In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence. Hence the supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a sections gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. If a man’s associates find him guilty of phoniness, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.
— DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER