Becoming a Person of Influence

Product Description
America's leadership expert teaches that if your life in any way connects with other people, you are an influencer. Whatever your vocation or aspiration is, you can increase your impact with Maxwell's simple, insightful ways to interact more positively with others.


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Customer Reviews
Great Book that Teaches the Correct and Timeless Principles of Influencing People By Tiger
Great Book that Teaches the Correct and Timeless Principles of Influencing People! Not artificial like many books in the Self-Help books arena, this book is in the league of Power Principles and Principle-centered Leadership. The best way to influence others is by integrity and trust-based communication. This book gives the useful guidelines, useful common sense retold.

A Person of Influence By S. Tyler (Tulsa OK)
Integrity is the center theme of this book, and although most of the suggestions are very basic, they are well worth reviewing. Good leadership book.

Becoming a Person of Influence By Phillip V. Olsen
Excellent book. I think it's Maxwell's finest work. The book has depth and appears to be a combination of notes from his speeches as well as notes from seminars and lectures he's delivered.

Practical, important guide By Rolf Dobelli (Switzerland)
This book holds a wealth of practical knowledge for those who want to move up the corporate food chain. But even if you don't have professional ambitions and simply want to be a better human being, you've come to the right place. John C. Maxwell and Jim Dornan start with the basics, teaching that honesty, integrity, unselfishness, kindness and understanding are crucial components of any relationship, business or personal. They believe that as you strengthen your character, you will enjoy a more fulfilling and productive life, at home and at work. Since they reframed some concepts to fit chapter themes, the material is repetitive at times, but it is spiced with entertaining anecdotes and glimpses of business celebrities (such as Sam Walton). We think up-and-coming leaders will want this on their reading lists, along with Maxwell's other boosters.

Great By Matt (Bloomdale, Ohio United States)
I purchased and read this book a couple of years ago, only a few days before interviewing for a promotion at work. It caught my attention from the beginning and I couldn't put it down. During the interviewing process I answered many of the questions from info. that I had read out of (Becoming a Person of Influence.) I feel it was a major part of my getting the promotion. There were two others being interviewed that already had titles above mine and later ended up working for me. I have since purchased a number of copies of this book. I give one out to every new employee I hire, in which I'm putting in a supervisory role. It is an inspirational book along with educational. I would recommend it to anyone in a leadership role, work or otherwise. It is also a good resource to go back & review now and then. It helps you stay on track as a supervisor or manager in business.

Great reading By A Customer
Sometimes leadership books get touchy-freely and we get lost in the rhetoric. With Maxwell's assistance, Dornan stays at the information, not rhetoric, level. Straight shots, concise examples. Rarely does a book like this hold me for the duration. I'm on my 2nd reading now. If you're building a business and want to develop leaders who can run without you.....read this.