Influencing Powerful People – #13
This is the 13th and final Thought Post in a ‘Baker’s Dozen series’, with Dirk Schlimm’s wisdom being the main ingredient. Here’s the 13th quote taken from Dirk’s book, ‘Influencing Powerful People‘:…
Influencing Powerful People – #12
Probably, most people should not work for powerful people. When I use the words powerful people, I mean people who: hold positions of power over us, are driven to meet their goals…
Influencing Powerful People – #11
Here’s a Dirk Schlimm quote that goes beyond ‘influencing powerful people’: “Use every opportunity to observe and learn. It is a lot less costly to learn from the mistakes of…
Influencing Powerful People – #10
“Understand that powerful people think of others as their helpers first and foremost. Let them know that this is what you are there to do. However, don’t let the helper…
Influencing Powerful People #9
This Week’s Dirk Schlimm Quote “Remember that powerful people identify greatly with their work and their enterprise. They expect the same from you. Show them that you take your work…
Influencing Powerful People – Thought Post #7
Dirk Schlimm wrote: “The tremendous energy of powerful people is sustained by a deep-rooted drive to succeed, especially against the odds and in the face of real or perceived obstacles.”…
Influencing Powerful People – Thought Post #6
This week’s Dirk Schlimm quote: “The fact is that many powerful people successfully overcome conventional wisdom and have the resources to keep their initiatives alive. Most important, one must accept…
Influencing Powerful People – Thought Post #5
For a month now, Rick Baker, a longtime CFFB member and board member has been writing short thought posts sharing quotes from Dirk Schlimm, who will be CFFB‘s special guest and keynote speaker on April…
About Influencing Powerful People
Here are a few “thought posts” created by one of our long term CFFB board members, Rick Baker. On April 26th, we hold our Signature event of the year, “Influencing Powerful…
About Influencing Powerful People
This is the 13th and final Thought Post in a ‘Baker’s Dozen series’, with Dirk Schlimm’s wisdom being the main ingredient. Here’s the 13th quote taken from Dirk’s book, ‘Influencing Powerful People‘:…