Influence is a skill-set that everyone needs; yet the necessary techniques and fundamentals of exercising influence are rarely taught. In this revised edition of Exercising Influence, Kim Barnes draws on her thirty years of consulting, teaching and observation to demystify the process of influencing others. This vital resource teaches how to accomplish more with less effort. It shows readers how to create work, family, and community relationships that are more balanced and mutually rewarding, and to take charge of their lives in a powerful, ethical, and productive way.Exercising Influence uses a practical real-world model that will help readers discover how to:Develop effective influence behaviors and a strategic and tactical approach to influencePlan for influence by preparing, setting clear goals, implementing, and reviewing an influence opportunityDesign and apply an approach to real-life situationsResolve problems and conflictsCreate relationships that are more balanced and mutually rewardingAccomplish far more in their organization with less effortTake charge of their professional lives in a powerful, ethical, and productive way.