How to Get People to Do What You Want Them to Do

Living Within Your Sphere of Influence

When we are not getting the results we want out of others, we often experience a tension between accepting those others as they are and trying to change them.  Both wisdom and experience teach us that you cannot change others.  Yet people do change.

It has been said that people resist change. However, it is perhaps more accurate to say that people resist being changed. This session looks at principles of influence, and the dynamics that create, nurture and facilitate change in people and their behaviors. It explores the choices we all have in creating positive change in both our professional and personal worlds.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the dynamics that encourage change
  • Develop strategies for accepting and living with situations that you cannot change
  • Understand principles of influence and the dynamics which encourage change
  • Learn to facilitate change without manipulation or intimidation
  • Discover when changing something in yourself can have a profound effect on changing the system