#487 Ask the Expert - The Power of Influence and the Messenger Effect with Steve Martin
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Hi, it's Helen from the Squiggly Careers Podcast. This is a weekly show where we talk about the ins, the outs, the ups and occasional downs of work and try to give you some tips and tools to help you feel in control and a bit more confident about your career development. Normally this show is brought to you by me and my co-host Sarah. But today we're doing something slightly different. We've got one of our experts and we're going to talk about the topic of influence.
So over the next 30 minutes or so, you're going to hear me talk to author Steve Martin. And specifically, we are going to focus on when you are influencing, why the message and the messenger make such a big difference to how successful you are. This is based on Steve's book Messengers and I've known Steve for a little while now and I find his work very, very well researched and very, very practical. So I think you're going to learn a lot from the conversation today.
Some of the things we talk about are why we need different messengers for different messages and also why things about hard and soft power make a difference to how we influence at work. So I'm gonna let you listen and learn and I'll be back at the end to let you know what's coming up next on the Squiggly Careers podcast. I'm very excited that we get to talk because I feel like we've been, you know, we've been talking around this topic for a while and influence is so important for people to succeed in their squiggly careers, but I think sometimes it can feel I'm a little bit uncomfortable, like I don't know what to do.
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