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Salescraft Training: Selling for success
Leadership without authority
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You don't need a management title to be a leader. But how do you influence people when they don't actually report to you?
In this episode, I'll explore the challenge of leadership without authority — the situations where you're responsible for achieving an outcome but depend on other people to make it happen.
From project teams and cross-functional working to sales, HR and everyday workplace relationships, many of us need to influence people without being able to simply tell them what to do.
I'll discuss the difference between authority and influence, why being responsible without being in control can be so frustrating, what makes people choose to follow someone, and why agreement doesn't always mean commitment.
This isn't a lesson in leadership theory or a list of management techniques. It's a conversation about the reality of trying to lead when nobody is actually obliged to follow you.
Perhaps the real test of leadership isn't what happens when people have to listen to you. It's what happens when they don't.
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Graham Elliott
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