Business Question

Unit 4 Assignment: Personal Power and Influence

First, introduce a goal you would like to achieve by increasing the commitment of others. Next, using Table 8-1: Essentially Ethical and Honest Influence Tactic in Chapter 8 of the text (DuBrin, 2023), select two items from the list of interest to you and conduct research on how to effectively use each tactic.

Then, using the Leadership Self-Assessments found in Chapter 8 of the text (DuBrin, 2023), Quiz 8-1: Survey of Influence Tactics and Quiz 8-2: The Leader Ingratiating Checklist, analyze your current level of influence and your level of ingratiating behavior. Identify one-to-two opportunities for development. Provide recommendations to increase your personal power and influence development based on your research and analysis. Finally, conclude with a summary of the primary points of the paper and provide a call to action.

Checklist:

Introduction section: Introduce a goal you would like to achieve by increasing the commitment of others.

Using Table 8-1: Essentially Ethical and Honest Influence Tactic in Chapter 8 of the text (DuBrin, 2023), select two items from the list of interest to you and conduct research on how to effectively use each tactic.

Using the Leadership Self-Assessments found in Chapter 8 of the text (DuBrin, 2023), Quiz 8-1: Survey of Influence Tactics and Quiz 8-2: The Leader Ingratiating Checklist, analyze your current level of influence and your level of ingratiating behavior. Identify one-to-two opportunities for development.

Provides a recommendation to increase your personal power and influence development based on your research and analysis.

Conclude with a summary of the primary points of the paper and provide a call to action.

Ensure substantive integration of appropriate current, and reliable resources, including in-text citations throughout, with a corresponding item on the reference list. A minimum of two viable sources are required (no older than 3 years).

Your response should be spell and grammar-checked and demonstrate correct mechanics and appropriate writing style.