The Influential Nonprofit: Episode 123: Maryanne Dersch: Why Nonprofit Leaders Need Influence
Influence is the art of getting people you have no authority over to do what you want them to do, not just because they have to do it but because they choose to. Your ability to influence others is critical to your success.
The first step in mastering the art of influence and showing up as an influential leader is knowing yourself. It’s not about anybody else. Train yourself first before anybody else in the organization, because you are the trailblazer that sets the limit for others. If you raise your game, they will rise with you.
Discover and honor the things that make each person in your team unique. Acknowledge those things so that they will light up and they will join you in your vision.
Look within yourself for credibility rather than relying on others to recognize your worth. This is the key to becoming a sovereign, influential leader. If you want them to recognize something in you, you have to recognize it in yourself first.
An influential leader shifts that narrative from going to somebody who needs other people to feel good. Instead, we know ourselves and we cultivate our own energy ourselves so that we stay sovereign.
If you can feel anything you can do anything and influential leaders understand how their thoughts and feelings play into their everyday decision-making and they know how to navigate in a way that feels really good, really easy, and really aligned.
Showing up as an influential leader means having deep trust in yourself and others, that everything is working out as it should, that there is nothing to fear.
ASK FOR AND RECEIVE ALL YOU WANT NEED AND DESERVE WITHOUT FEELING REJECTED, INEFFECTIVE, OR PUSHY.
Learn to manage your mindset, lead yourself and others more effectively and have the meaningful conversations that drive your most important work.