Influence, Not Authority
Leaders should never fear using their authority, and the best ones almost never do, because position power makes leadership lazy. These posts are about leading through influence rather than rank, title or position.
8 articles
2021
No recipe exists for making a leader. Bryan Yager on influence as the thing rank and title cannot supply.
6 min readBryan Yager picked that title to see if you got defensive. Then a workshop demonstration on how persuasion works.
5 min read2019
Billions of results, no recipe. Bryan Yager on leadership as influence rather than rank, title, or position.
5 min readPosition power makes leadership lazy. Bryan Yager on why the best leaders almost never reach for their authority.
4 min readBryan has spent more than 45 years developing leaders, in Boise and across the country. If this is the thinking you want in the room, he works with organizations on Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, and the same thinking runs through his book, How to Transition Into Leadership.