How much value do you attach to your job title - how well does it reflect your level of influence. Years ago, a friend said something I found worthy of remembering. I had been asked to speak to a C-level on behalf of other more-senior managers because even though my level of 'authority' was limited, they felt my level of 'influence' was great.
When I questioned that assertion, she used the following analogy (and this conversation took place during the administration of Ronald Reagan). "While Donald Regan may have a great deal of authority, he has very little influence; Nancy Reagan, on the other hand, while having no authority, has unlimited influence.
So my question is - do you consider yourself influential and do you use that influence to help others?
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