Six ways to Make People Like You

Leadership is influence, nothing more or less.

If you peel the onion of influence..

1 “weapon of influence” is likability. 

And since leaders lead people, being likable is a very important quality. 

As such, I just re–read Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” which is absolute gold.

So in todays lesson, I wanted to provide 6 simple yet very effective ways you intentionally become likable which will make you a better leader.

Six ways to Make People Like You

1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
2. Smile.
3. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener. …
5. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
6. Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.