Joseph Grenny Wows Audience at 2010 AIM Institute IT Futures Forum
 

Over 350 IT and business professionals joined together on November 9, 2010, to hear New York Times best-selling author Joseph Grenny address how bold, innovative strategies can help us overcome our most resistant problems at work, at home and in our communities. By simply changing our influence approach and strategies, we as leaders can ultimately change the behaviors of our employees, co-workers and colleagues.

and his outstanding accomplishments as owner of some of the most trafficked restaurants in the Big Apple. How does he continuously do it? By influencing his staff to go above and beyond. And Mr. Grenny's example of his own son doing research on young kids will power led to audience discussion as well.
 
Mr. Grenny explained that while we tend to judge poor behavior as being a result of laziness or lack of motivation, in most cases it's rather a lack of ability or knowledge to change that behavior. In fact, some of the most amazing behavioral changes in the world weren't accomplished through power, politics or wealth, but through the most powerful tool of all-Influence.

Based on more than five decades of research, Mr. Grenny related his "Six Sources of Influence" to the audience, noting that as IT organizations become more complex, leaders must be able to successfully influence a large and complex human system to deliver relevant business solutions.
 
Joseph Grenny is an IT / leadership entrepreneur and co-author of three New York Times best-sellers: