Step Up: How to Build Your Influence at Work

by Michelle Gibbings

Change happens! Make it work for you. That's the theme of the book. In today's fast-paced world, organisations and the people who work there are going through rapid change. Most successful leaders are able to make the most of these dynamic environments. They understand themselves, understand others and understand how to manage and motivate behavioural change. It is through these core skills that they are able to prosper through change, and gather the influence they need to be successful. These skills are relevant for everyone - regardless of their role or hierarchical position However, Step Up has been written specifically for people who are more technically focused, but are at that stage in their career where they know they need to change if they want to advance. They can be accountants, financial planners, risk management experts, financial controllers, engineers, scientists or even doctors. They are people who associate with their technical craft first, even though they may now be in a leadership role. Author, and change management expert, Michelle Gibbings believes that there are skills, practices and techniques that individuals, teams and organisations can apply to make change work. She shares these in her new book and they include learning how to: - Own your mindset - Strengthen your integrity - Be agile and know the system - Appeal to human insight and motivate - Create a story - Nurture relationships - Communicate with influence - Negotiate wisely. Step Up is practically focused and theoretically based. Every idea that is presented has at its core some form of scientific research or evidence that backs up the position. It includes practical things that you can do to build your platform for influence. 'To my mind, change is about getting stuff done and to get stuff done in an organisation you need to be influential' says Gibbings.

Genres: Leadership, Business

219 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Michelle Gibbings is bringing back the happy to workplace culture. The author of three books, and a global keynote speaker, she’s on a mission to help leaders, teams and organisations create successful workplaces -where people thrive and progress is accelerated.

www.michellegibbings.com

Reviews

[Daniel Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! As always when I start with a new author and a new publisher, I was open-minded but sceptical. This is the second book on the stated topic of 'influence' I've read in two days. The previous book, Power Play: Game Changing Influence Strategies For Leaders spoke about 'influence' and 'leadership' as if they were different things. One of the strengths of 'Step Up' is that Gibbings accepts the two are the same thing. As a result, she's able to teach lots of helpful and practical ideas for increasing your influence. A big bonus is that the book is well-researched and well-written.

[Carolina Polanco · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book on leadership. Very well structured and written. I could not put it down. Highly recommend it!