3 Ways to Be More Persuasive at Work

Hi, you're listening to one of our squiggly shortcuts. These episodes are designed to be quick to listen to and easy to take action with. And today I want to talk to you a bit about the power of persuasion and three simple ways that you can increase your persuasion at work. So let's quickly talk about why this matters. Persuasion means that we have more influence with the people that we work with.

So if you are trying to get your ideas across or you want to influence an outcome that is going to support your work, then persuasion is a skill that really matters. But it's not one I think that we're always taught to do. And some people do it brilliantly and some of us are struggling to know what to do differently. And so we're going to borrow some insights from Robert Caldini, who's done lots of work in this area.

And there are three simple things I think you can do that will increase how persuasive you can be in the moment. So if you're in a conversation with somebody and also increase how persuasive you can be over time. These are research proven and I think they are relatively easy for everyone to do. So the first thing in the moment to increase your persuasion is mirroring.

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